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Monday, September 19, 2011

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 )
INGREDIENTS2 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.


Steak with Porcini butter and sweet potato
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