Baking Banquet: Pepper

Thursday, October 25, 2012

GRILLED & SEASONED STEAK

Ingredients:

1 pound of Steak cut to about ¼ “ thick (Sierra Sirloin, Cross Rib Steak, etc.)

½ cup (1 stick) butter

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon prime rib seasoning or steak seasoning

Sea Salt, to taste

Pepper, to taste

Cooking Spray (I use olive oil cooking spray)

Directions:

Trim the fat off of each slice of steak. Melt the butter. Mix the garlic powder, prime rib seasoning, salt and pepper into the melted butter. With a pastry brush, brush the butter and seasoning onto each slice of steak. Spray the grill with cooking spray. Place each slice of steak on the grill – seasoning side down. Brush the top of the steak. Close the grill (I use a George Foreman Indoor Grill). Turn every 5 minutes until it reaches the desired degree of doneness. Serve with steak sauce, mashed potatoes and a vegetable.

Ingredients

Melted Butter

Melted Butter with Seasoning

Seasoning Brushed on Steak

On the Grill

Ready to Serve

Plated

Saturday, September 15, 2012

SMASHED POTATOES

Based on a recipe from the Pioneer Woman’s blog. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/

Ingredients:

5 red potatoes (or Yukon Gold)

3 tablespoons garlic olive oil (or olive oil)

Sea salt (to taste)

Black pepper (to taste)

Garlic Herb Mrs. Dash seasoning (to taste)

Parsley (to taste), Chives (to taste) (fresh is best)

¼ cup melted butter (with approximately ½ teaspoon of garlic powder mixed in)

Tools needed:

Stock Pot

Cookie Sheet

Pastry Brush

Potato Masher

Directions:

Boil salt water. Clean the potatoes. Boil the potatoes until they are tender, about 30 – 40 minutes depending on how big your potatoes are.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees f. Prepare Cookie sheet with Aluminum Foil or parchment paper (I like to layer parchment paper on foil). Generously brush cookie sheet with garlic olive oil. Place each boiled potato on the cookie sheet leaving ample room for each potato to spread. Individually squash each potato with the potato masher. They need to be about the thickness of a thin slice of bread.

Generously brush with garlic olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt. Sprinkle with black pepper. Sprinkle with parsley. Sprinkle with Garlic Herb Mrs. Dash. Pour melted garlic butter over each potato.

Bake on the top rack of a 425 degree oven for 20 -25 minutes. For the last 5 minutes Broil on High to create crispy edges and tops.