For some reason it is not very common to have salads as side dishes when going to a steak restaurant 🥩 🤨 Usually you would see in the menu chips 🍟, mash, spinach, mac and cheese 🧀, mushrooms 🍄, etc. You might even see “leafy greens” 🥬 but not a “proper” salad 🥗
So I decided to combine two of my favourite meals – beef steak 🥩 and salad 🥗
It takes under 30 minutes to prepare so it is a great option for lunch meal 🥘
When Steak Meets Mozzarella – The Meat Lover Salad
Ingredients
Method:
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Season the steaks on both sides with salt and pepper and set aside for 10 minutes.
In the meantime slice the red onion, tomatoes and mozzarella ball in thin circles
Slice the sun- dried tomatoes. Squeeze half a lemon in a hand juice squeezer
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Heat a pan to a high temperature. Add some vegetable oil to it. When the pan is hot place the two steaks and let them cook evenly. About 2 1/2 minutes on each side for medium rare. Add in the butter. Pour in the lemon juice
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Remove the steaks and set aside on a warm plate. Time to set up your plate. It is up to you really how you do that so be creative 😊 I placed the onion rings at the bottom, then a layer of tomatoes, a layer of mozzarella and finally some sun-dried tomatoes on top. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar and pepper to taste.
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Cut the steaks into 1 cm slices and place on the plate. Use some of the sauce left in the pan to season the meat. Garnish with truffle salt, Parmesan cheese and some fresh basil
