June 2025

Beef carpaccio with broad beans and parmesan

Name: Beef carpaccio with broad beans and parmesan
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500g beef fillet; 50ml extra-virgin olive oil; 500g broad beans in the pod; 60g Parmesan; 4½ small bunch (15g) oregano, leaves picked; ½ garlic clove, peeled and finely grated; ½ lemon, juice

Thomas Straker, founder of acclaimed London restaurant Straker's, shares some of the delicious seasonal recipes included in his new cookbook Food You Want to Eat (Bloomsbury Publishing, £25). Perfect for the home cook, they use trusted techniques and quality ingredients with a chef's balance of flavours.

By Thomas Straker

6 June 2025

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Issy Croker

Not something you eat at home regularly perhaps but, when you do, it is a real treat. Broad beans are extra special when they are in season, while the Parmesan brings the dish together. Get your knife as sharp as can be before slicing the beef fillet.

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