Saturday 5 November 2011

[www.keralites.net] Recipe...Steak with Porcini butter and sweet potato

Steak with Porcini butter and sweet potato

Pushed for time but fancy something full of flavour?
With a few well-chosen ingredients you can whip up...

Serves 4


(To finish top the steaks with a slice of the chilled porcini butter )
 
INGREDIENTS
2 large sweet potatoes, cut into wedges lengthways

3tbsp olive oil
2tsp rock salt
1tsp dried porcini mushrooms
4 sirloin steaks
Freshly ground black pepper
50g (1¾oz) unsalted butter, softened
2tbsp fresh chopped flatleaf parsley
125g (4½oz) mushroom antipasto
Fresh rocket to serve.
 
METHOD
1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.

2 Toss the sweet potatoes with 2tbsp olive oil and arrange on a baking tray.
Season with 1tsp rock salt and roast for 30 minutes.


Meanwhile, whizz the porcini mushrooms to a powder in a processor,
mix in the remaining salt and sprinkle 2 teaspoons of this mixture over the steaks.

3 Season the steaks with freshly ground black pepper and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Mix the remaining porcini salt with the butter and parsley and roll in clingfilm.
Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.

 
4 Preheat a chargrill pan and cook the steaks for 3-4 minutes on each side.
Leave to rest for 2 minutes. Add the mushroom antipasto to the pan and warm through.
Top the steaks with a slice of the chilled porcini butter and the mushroom antipasto.
Serve with the sweet potato wedges and fresh rocket leaves.

 




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Roopesh Nair
www.keralites.net

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