Blue Cheese Steak Puttanesca

Blue Cheese Steak Puttanesca. Grilled steak with a quick cooked puttanesca sauce and melting blue cheese. Or try any favourite cheese like provolone or mozzarella if blue cheese is not your thing.

Originally published April 2011.

Yesterday was a glorious sunny day here in Newfoundland; our native readers will know how much we appreciate those. It was about 15 degrees Celsius on my back patio and the grill just cried out to be sparked up.

Monday is our "madness" day in terms of kid activities. Music lessons, basketball and dance make it the busiest day of the week for us.

There's only an hour or so window to sneak in a quick family meal and this one fit the bill perfectly.

I had some over-ripe brown kumato tomatoes in the fridge that needed to be used up. So, I decided to dress up the strip loin steaks that were earmarked for the backyard grill.

That dressing up included  a quick and simple puttanesca sauce and some melting crumbled extra cream blue cheese on top.

My nursing student niece at nearby Memorial University dropped by and appreciatively lucked into an extra steak. Gotta feed the learning brain!

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Blue Cheese Steak Puttanesca

Yield: 4 Servings

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Blue Cheese Steak Puttanesca - Grilled steak with a quick cooked puttanesca sauce and melting blue cheese...or try any favourite cheese like provolone or mozzarella is blue cheese is not your thing.

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Ingredients

• 4 strip loin steaks about 1 inch thick
• kosher salt and pepper to season

For the Puttanesca Sauce

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• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 6 -8 medium sized tomatoes, , diced
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 3 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• pinch chili flakes, (optional)
• 3 tablespoon chopped capers
• salt and pepper to season, (careful, capers can be salty)
• 3 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

Instructions

1. Grill on high heat to taste, about 3½ minutes per side for medium rare.
2. Rest the steaks for 5 minutes before topping with the puttanesca sauce and crumbled blue cheese and popping under the broiler for only a minute or two before serving with a simple salad or pasta.

For the Puttanesca Sauce

1. Over medium heat in a sauté pan add the olive oil and minced garlic.
2. Cook for a minute to soften the garlic before adding the tomatoes, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, chili flakes, capers, salt and pepper.
3. Simmer together, stirring occasionally until the sauce is reduced and thickened to a jam-like consistency. In the final minute of cooking stir in the chopped basil.

Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

1 steak
Amount Per Serving Calories 840Total Fat 58gSaturated Fat 21gUnsaturated Fat 37gCholesterol 178mgSodium 411mgCarbohydrates 14gFiber 3gSugar 10gProtein 61g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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