Gourmet steak and salad, rec style.

rec · 14-02-2008, 07:03 PM

Wanted to do something special for Elle tonight, thought about ingredients and types of food we both like, went down to the shop and bought a heap of stuff to try and throw together.

What I ended up doing was slow-cooked flame grilled sirloin steak on the bbq, with cajun seasoning, medium-rare. Easily the best steak I've ever cooked, and reminded me that I don't need to pay $50 at a classy restaurant to eat so well.

The side dish was actually just as much a focus; a fresh prawn salad, marinated in a dressing sauce I whipped up including honey, mustard, lemon juice, olive oil and thrown into the frying pan. They were then placed neatly on a bed of lettuce, avocado and red onion. I drizzled the remaining dressing from the frying pan and mixing bowl over the salad, and finished it up with some pine nuts scattered over it all for some added texture.

I picked up a nice bottle of cab merlot from the Barossa which went down quite nicely, and finally some triple cream brie with seasame & cracked pepper water crackers for an after dinner snack.

Anyone who can be bothered spending the time, should experiment further with thise combo... simply awesome. If I could actually be bothered with the time and effort every night, I'd become a chef. :P