Friday, December 7, 2007

Grogonzola and Herb Tenderloin Steaks

More Rachael for you to love. :) This is definitely an adaptation though, because Rachael suggests serving with pasta and roasted garlic/grape tomatoes. So very labor intensive, especially because it involved using the oven. Girlfriend does not have that kind of time on her hands. So I just made the steak.

INGREDIENTS:

-About 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped.

-4 beef tendersloin steaks, about 1 1/4 inch thick

-8-10 fresh sage leaves, thinly sliced

-A handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped

-1 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese


DIRECTIONS:

-Season the steaks with salt and pepper, and the chopped garlic. Drizzle lightly on both sides with EVOO. Combine the sage, parsley and Gorgonzola.

-Heat a skillet over high heat. Add the steaks and sear the meat on both sides; 90 seconds per side should do it.

-Top the meat with the Gorgonzola mixture and keep covered on medium heat for another minute or so, until the cheese has started to melt.


COMMENTS:

-We served this with our old friend asparagus. If you're interested in the roasted garlic/grape tomatoes stuff that Rachael served it with, just ask and I can send the info along.

-As with last night's meal, I don't know where Rachael gets her cooking times from. 90 seconds? We were cooking for easily 10-15 minutes for a medium steak. Be prepared for this.

-The sage...is a little strong, to say the least. This was the first time I cooked with fresh sage and Craig told me too late that a little goes a long way. I think Rachael overdid it on this one. Craig had to pick out any sage leaves he could find. But minus the strong sage taste, this was a pretty good recipe. I'll do 3-4 sage leaves next time!!

1 comment:

Crissy said...

you guys love asparagus. you must be one of those married couples who's pee smells funny.

yeah, i happen to know a lot of married couples who fall into that category. not really.

so happy the blog is back!

p.s. rachael loves cumin and sage like woah. i am not so much a fan