Name: Skirt steak with balsamic mushrooms and olive polenta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 gram skirt or oyster blade steaks; 1 clove garlic, halved, plus one clove, crushed; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 250 gram button mushrooms; 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar; 1/4 cup chopped green olives; 1 quantity basic creamy polenta

Skirt steak with balsamic mushrooms and olive polenta

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

20M

Total

35M

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Ingredients

500 gram skirt or oyster blade steaks

1 clove garlic, halved, plus one clove, crushed

1 tablespoon olive oil

250 gram button mushrooms

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1/4 cup chopped green olives

1 quantity basic creamy polenta

Method

1.Heat a large frying pan or char-grill on medium. Lightly oil and season steaks.

2.Rub a halved garlic clove over and cook 2-3 minutes each side. Remove from pan and cover loosely with foil to rest.

3.In the same pan, heat olive oil. Saute button mushrooms with crushed garlic clove 5-6 minutes, until golden. Stir balsamic vinegar through. Simmer, stirring, 1 minute, until reduced by half.

4.Stir green olives through creamy polenta. Slice steaks and serve with polenta and mushrooms.

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