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Blue Cheese Steak Puttanesca cut to show medium rare inside

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 is blue cheese is not your thing.
Course BBQ Grilling, Dinner
Cuisine Italian Inspired
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 Servings
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

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

For the Puttanesca Sauce

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