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Attainable goals are the ones for me. Encouraged by our dog Spot and family eaters, I purpose to cook once a week and make it new and delicious. If I cook more often, I get more weeks off later on.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Blue Cheese Sirloin Steak Yeah Baby



Oh my word. Tried this one night as a test and my men want to have this again within the week! The menu? Sirloin steak atop creamy blue cheese sauce with fingerling potatoes. Both the sauce and the potatoes were new to us. This is the most tender steak I've ever had. It's so smooth it's buttery. Quick and easy, what a great combo!

INGREDIENTS
(Serves 4)
2 large top sirloin steaks, marinated for at least 3 hours in 1/3 cup Marsala Cooking Wine, seasoned
Kosher salt and ground pepper
1 and 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1/2 lb fingerling potatoes
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
2 large white onions
1 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese

STEPS
1. Salt and pepper both sides of steaks, place in gallon zip bag and add Marsala. Refrigerate for 3 - 24 hours.
2. 40 minutes before serving time, bring potato water to boil in large pot. When boiling, add potatoes and cook 15-20 minutes, until fork tests slightly soft. Drain, return to pot. Add one stick of butter, season and throw in the parsley. Cover while you finish cooking.
3. For best taste, we grilled the steak so get the grill going when you start your potato water. Remove meat from fridge and let come to room temp.
4  Slice 2 large white onions in thick sections - halve them then halve again. In skillet, melt 4 TBSP of butter then add onions. Cook on medium low til onions are brownish and almost carmel. Stir frequently. When browned, lower heat and add cream. Stir and heat til thickened. Once thickened, add the blue cheese and remove from heat.
5. Once the meat is cooked to your done-ness, slice diagonally into long strips.
6. Serving:  Scoop a ladle of the sauce on a plate, top with sirloin slices. Place fingerlings alongside steak, being sure to include some parsley with each serving.

This is so easy someone who feels cooking-challenged could pull the whole thing off next time you want to have a night off. They might not even need to ask you any questions. Any way you cook it - this is a winner and goes on our rotation and makes us yearn for winter's end even sooner.  We had to shovel our way to the grill tonight. Spot was right out there "helping" 4 Paws, yum. 



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