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8 minutes
Italian-inspired ostrich tacos
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Italian-inspired ostrich tacos
4 to 6
Easy
20 minutes
8 minutes
Ingredients
- 500 g ostrich steaks
- olive oil, for drizzling
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 250 g Woolworths Ayrshire smooth ricotta
- 1 T extra virgin olive oil
- 1 T LemonGold® zest
- 1 x six-pack Woolworths mini white flour wraps
- 100 g Woolworths antipasti roasted cherry tomatoes, plus 1–2 T of the marinade for drizzling (optional)
- 4 T basil pesto (or to taste)
- 40 g wild rocket
- Parmesan, finely sliced, to garnish (optional)
Method
- Drizzle the ostrich steaks with olive oil and season. Sear in a very hot cast-iron pan until cooked to your preference. Allow to rest, then slice into strips.
- Mix the ricotta with the extra virgin olive oil and LemonGold zest and season to taste.
- Heat the wraps in the microwave or in a hot pan. Top with a dollop of ricotta followed by the ostrich, roasted cherry tomatoes, pesto, rocket and Parmesan, if using. Drizzle over some of the cherry tomato marinade.
Find more ostrich recipes here
Recipe and production: Marcelle van Rooyen
Food assistant: Bianca Jones
Photography: Jan Ras
Woolworths' ostriches are reared by South African farmers who care as much as they do about animal welfare for the very best lean, clean and flavourful protein.
