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 Time15minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Total Time30minutes
Servings4Servings
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
4strip loin steaks about 1 inch thick
kosher salt and pepper to season
For the Puttanesca Sauce
2tbspolive oil
3clovesminced garlic
6 -8medium sized tomatoes, diced
1tbspbrown sugar
3tbspbalsamic vinegar
pinch chili flakes(optional)
3tbspchopped capers
salt and pepper to season(careful, capers can be salty)
3tbspchopped fresh basil
Instructions
Grill on high heat to taste, about 3½ minutes per side for medium rare.
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
Over medium heat in a sauté pan add the olive oil and minced garlic.
Cook for a minute to soften the garlic before adding the tomatoes, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, chili flakes, capers, salt and pepper.
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.