Beef and pasta

Beef and pasta preparation time Serves: 4
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Beef and pasta cook time Cook: 30 mins
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    Equipment
    • Chopping boards
    • garlic crusher
    • knives
    • measuring spoons
    • 2 large saucepans
    • wooden spoon
    • weighing scales
    • colander
    • tin foil
    • frying pan or skillet
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    Ingredients
    • 1 Northern Ireland Farm Quality Assured sirloin steak
    • 2 garlic cloves
    • 1 Onion
    • 700 g Cherry tomatoes
    • 60 g Fresh basil
    • 1 x 15 ml spoon (1 tbsp) Olive oil
    • 480 g Dried pasta
    • 1 x 5 ml spoon (1 tsp) Ground black pepper
    • 120 g Crumbled goats cheese
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    Method
    • Peel and crush the garlic. Peel and finely chop the onion.
    • Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
    • Thinly slice the basil.
    • Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion and garlic until soft.
    • Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes until they start to soften. Add the basil and stir.
    • Remove the saucepan from the heat and set aside.
    • Bring water to the boil in a large saucepan, add the pasta and cook for 10-12 minutes. Drain the pasta.
    • Add the tomatoes to the pasta and stir.  Cover with tin foil to keep warm and set aside.
    • Season the steak with black pepper.
    • Heat a frying pan or skillet and cook the steak for 4 minutes on each side.
    • Remove the steak from the pan and cut into thin slices.
    • Serve the pasta with the steak slices and top with the crumbled goats cheese.