Name: Minute steak with cafe de paris butter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Salad; 2 cup rocket leaves; 1 red capsicum, julienned (cut into matchsticks); 4 radishes, sliced finely; 3 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon aged balsamic vinegar; Steak; 4 sirloin steaks; salt; freshly ground black pepper; oven fries (frozen), to serve; Cafe de paris butter; 250 gram unsalted butter, softened; 5 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 tablespoon fresh tarragon; 2 teaspoon fresh sage; 1 tablespoon fresh basil; 1 shallot, diced finely; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and diced finely; 4 anchovy fillets; juice of 1 lemon; 2 teaspoon curry powder

Minute steak with cafe de paris butter

The taste of tender minute steak soars when this fragrant herb butter sauce is melted over the top.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

11M

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Ingredients

Salad

2 cup rocket leaves

1 red capsicum, julienned (cut into matchsticks)

4 radishes, sliced finely

3 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon aged balsamic vinegar

Steak

4 sirloin steaks

salt

freshly ground black pepper

oven fries (frozen), to serve

Cafe de paris butter

250 gram unsalted butter, softened

5 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley

2 tablespoon fresh tarragon

2 teaspoon fresh sage

1 tablespoon fresh basil

1 shallot, diced finely

2 garlic cloves, peeled and diced finely

4 anchovy fillets

juice of 1 lemon

2 teaspoon curry powder

Method

1.To make cafe de paris butter, finely dice herbs and mix all butter ingredients.

2.Pile butter mixture onto cling wrap to form log shape. Roll up and tuck in ends of wrap. Chill butter in fridge for 2 hours.

3.Meanwhile, to make salad, mix salad ingredients in clean bowl. Dress with oil and vinegar.

4.When butter is chilled, cut steaks in half, horizontally. Season to taste. Heat grill plate or frying pan and cook for 30 seconds each side, or to your requirements. Serve with oven fries (cooked according to packet directions), salad and a slice of butter melted over the top. Bon appetit!

Equipment: Sharp knife; bowl; wooden spoon; cling wrap; ridged grill plate or frying pan
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