This was the Sunday afternoon meal at Chez MiM.
Pan roasted Amana Beef Top Loin (on sale at Hy-Vee for cheap)
Directions: Put olive oil and butter in the pan. Get pan hot. Put in steaks. Cook on one side until golden. Flip. Cook other side until golden. Check temp. 125 is medium rare. 135 is medium. 145, you wasted your money. Take out of pan and let sit for 10 minutes.
Pinot Noir Pan Sauce
Directions: Drain oil from pan. Sautee some diced shallots in the SAME pan you cooked the beef in. Don't be afraid. A shallot is like an onion and is right next to the garlic in your grocery store. It tastes nice. Once shallots are softened, pour in some chicken stock or beef stock and scrape off the browned bits from the beef (ok, I lied I used one canned thing, the chicken stock). Add some pinot noir and a little cream. Reduce until slightly thickened. Not gravy thick, but no thin so it runs everywhere. Finish the sauce with a pat (or two) of butter. Salt to taste.
Roast Taters and Cauliflower
Stupid easy. I got one of those packs of multicolored little tiny potatoes. Yellow, red and purple. Quarter them. Chop up some cauliflower about the same size as the potatoes. Put in a bowl with some olive oil and toss. Put on baking sheet. Salt. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over them. I also minced up some fresh rosemary and sprinkled over the top. Roast in the oven at 400 degrees. This takes awhile so start it well before you start the beef. When the potatoes are nicely brown and soft all the way through, take out and sprinkle with the juice of the other half of the lemon.
Cut the steaks into strips against the grain and spoon some sauce over. Put the damn taters and cauliflower on the plate. Eat. Pass out.
See, I read that first part wrong. When you said "outside aisles" I was picturing the end of the aisle. I thought what the hell am I going to cook with on sale Tollhouse crackers, 7 day old bananas, beef jerky, dented cans of whatever "Stick it to the man" tossed around the store the night before, and cool whip. Upon further review it all makes sense now.
ReplyDeleteDoes the liquor aisle count as an outside. I can make a hell of a meal with Jim Beam and years of guilt and regret.
Guess it beats squeezins.
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