Sunday, August 20, 2006

Tomato Steak Salad


Here's a nice simple steak salad that I made tonight. Tasty and light, here's the recipe:

Dressing

2 cups of Clamato (I'm sure tomato juice would work but it's got a bit more bite)
Olive oil - I'm not sure how much, keep pouring until it looks right
10 peppercorns, ground and happy
5 tbsps of fresh basil, finely diced
2 tbsps of fresh oregano, finely diced
1/4 onion, very, very, very finely diced
Tobasco sauce to taste
Kosher salt to taste

Salad

2 80z sirloin steaks
10 peppercorns, ground
3 cloves, ground
3 coffee beans, ground
1 cup of goat cheese, cubed roughly
20 cherry tomatoes (I'm sure plum tomatoes would work too - as long as it's not those horrible "made for transport, not taste" tomatoes)
1/4 cup of olive oil
Add dressing to taste


Directions
  1. Add all the ingredients for the dressing and whip the hell out of it until it blends well. Put it in the fridge and let it get happy for at least an hour. (The longer the better).
  2. Grind the peppercorns, cloves, and coffee beans. Cover the steaks with the rub. Put them in the fridge for an hour.
  3. Take the steaks out of the fridge about 20 minutes before cooking to allow them to come up to room temperature.
  4. Fire up the grill. Get the grill to about 400F. Brush some olive oil on the steaks before putting them on the grill.
  5. Grill for 2 minutes, quarter turn, 2 more minutes. Flip. Repeat. (This will get you a meduim-rare steak).
  6. Once the steaks are off, cover them with some foil for about 10 minutes to let them rest.
  7. Plate the salad, slice the steak thinly and place it on the salad. Enjoy!

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