The salad that eats like a roast dinner
Warm salads are the great stretch trick of the kitchen — the dinner where one steak honestly feeds four and everyone leaves the table full. Sweet roast pumpkin, capsicum and red onion do the bulk of the work, golden seared haloumi brings the salt and squeak, and thin slices of rested rump run through the lot like the guest of honour. A balsamic-and-honey dressing, sharpened with the steak's own resting juices, ties it all together. It's the kind of plate that makes 320g of beef feel abundant — and it works just as hard in autumn as it does in January.
Ingredients
- 320g Your Farmer grass-fed rump steak
- 500g butternut pumpkin, cut into 2cm wedges
- 1 red capsicum, cut into thick strips
- 1 red onion, cut into wedges
- 80ml olive oil, divided
- Salt and pepper to season
- 180g haloumi, cut into 1cm slices
- 120g baby spinach and rocket mix
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp honey
Instructions
Heat the oven to 200C fan-forced. Toss the pumpkin, capsicum and onion with 2 tablespoons of the oil, season, and roast on a lined tray for 30-35 minutes until golden at the edges.
500g pumpkin1 red capsicum1 red onion2 tbsp olive oilTake the steak out of the fridge while the vegetables roast. Pat it dry and season generously on both sides.
320g rump steakWhisk the balsamic, honey and 2 tablespoons of oil with a pinch of salt to make the dressing.
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar1 tsp honey2 tbsp olive oilWhen the vegetables have 15 minutes to go, heat the remaining oil in a heavy pan over high heat. Sear the steak 3-4 minutes per side for medium-rare (52-54C), then rest it on a plate, loosely covered, for 8-10 minutes — the salad depends on that rest.
In the same pan over medium-high heat, cook the haloumi slices 1-2 minutes per side until deeply golden.
180g haloumiSlice the steak thinly across the grain and tip any resting juices into the dressing — that's free flavour.
Layer a big platter: leaves first, then the warm roast vegetables, haloumi and steak. Drizzle the dressing over the lot and serve while it's all still warm.
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One Steak, Four Plates
The old way of thinking says a steak feeds one person. The warm-salad way says a steak seasons a whole table. Rump is the right cut for that job because flavour is its currency — it's a hindquarter muscle that worked for a living on pasture, and even a few thin slices carry real beef presence across a plate of vegetables. Your Farmer® rump is 100% grass-fed and comes in at around 320g, which sounds like dinner for two until the pumpkin and haloumi enter the conversation. The technique that makes it work is the same one that makes every rump dish work: sear it hard, rest it long, slice it thin across the grain. Rest and slice are non-negotiable — a rushed rump is a chewy rump. There's one in three of the four packs of our grass-fed beef CSA share, waiting for exactly this treatment.
Swaps and Variations
The vegetables follow the seasons: sweet potato and beetroot through the cooler months, zucchini and cherry tomatoes when the days stretch out. Whatever's in the crisper from the eco-grown produce box roasts happily here. Crumbled feta or goat's cheese stands in for haloumi if that's what the fridge holds — add it at the end, unseared. Sirloin or topside swap in for the rump with the same rules, and a handful of toasted pepitas or walnuts adds crunch if the table wants it. For another take on the stretch-one-steak idea, our warm topside salad runs a mustard-dressing version.
Storage and Leftovers
The components keep better apart than together: roast vegetables and sliced steak hold 3 days each in the fridge, but dressed leaves don't see tomorrow. Haloumi is the one to eat fresh — it turns rubbery as it cools, though a quick re-sear in a dry pan brings it most of the way back. The lunchbox version writes itself: vegetables and steak cold from the fridge, fresh leaves, dressing in a jar, haloumi seared that morning if you're feeling organised. Roast an extra tray of vegetables while the oven's on and tomorrow's version is half made before tonight's is eaten.
Frequently asked questions
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