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Sorry no pictures.
This recipe is my take on two great meals I had in Italy over the summer. One, Grilled Beef with Course Salt, in the town of Rimini and the other Beef with Pepper Sauce I had at a place in Rome. I fart around in the kitchen a bit but this is the first recipe I've bothered to write anything down because it came out really well.
Sauce:
1 Shallot - chopped fine
1 Clove Garlic - sliced
2 Red Bell Peppers (Next time I may try green peppers) - cleaned out of seeds and ribs and chopped up
1/2 Cup Chicken Stock
1/4 Cup Heavy Cream
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Cracked Green Pepper Corns
Steaks:
3 NY Strip Steaks (about 1.5 pounds total)
1 tbsp Olive Oil
Kosher or Course Salt
Put the oil, shallots and garlic in a pan and saute on medium heat for about 2 minutes- until they get kind of transulcent - don't brown or the garlic flavor will get strong & bitter
Add the Bell Pepper and continue sauteing for another 5 minutes on so. Until the peppers start to soften and turn pale.
Add the Chicken Stock, reduce heat and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes. Don't let the stock all boil away though!
Then take everything and throw it in a food processor and puree.
Pour everything back into the pan, add the cream, salt, black Pepper, and green pepper corns. Reheat thoughoughly, stiring occasionally. Just make sure the mixture is thick enough then just keep it warm.
The steaks I just brushed with Olive Oil, coated with the Course Salt and threw on the grill fo a few minutes, turning twice, so the meat had those cool "X" pattern things on both sides.
Spoon the sauce on the meat & eat!
It was great.
