Pan-Seared Steak with Garlic-Tomato Sauce and crispy Parmesan potato cakes
(from castro15’s recipe box)
Categories: Meals
Ingredients
- 16 oz. Red Potatoes
- 1 oz. Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 3 oz. Grape Tomatoes
- 6 Garlic Cloves
- 2 Oregano Sprigs
- 2 Flat Iron Steaks
- 0.9 oz. Butter
- 2 fl. oz. White Cooking Wine
Directions
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Cut potatoes into ¾" dice. Bring a medium pot with potatoes and enough water to cover to a boil over high heat. Cook until tender, 12-15 minutes. Drain in colander, and return potatoes to pot off-burner. Coarsely mash with a potato masher or fork and stir in Parmesan cheese. Set aside until cool enough to handle, 5-10 minutes. While potatoes cool, prepare ingredients.
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Halve grape tomatoes lengthwise. Cut garlic into 1/8" slices. Stem and coarsely chop oregano. Rinse steaks, pat dry, and season both sides with ½ tsp. salt and ¼ tsp. pepper.
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Divide potato mixture into eight pieces and roll each piece into a ball slightly bigger than a ping pong ball. Flatten each ball to ½" thick, making eight round patties. Place a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Add half the butter (reserve remaining for sauce) and ½ tsp. olive oil to hot pan. Place potato cakes into pan and cook undisturbed until golden brown, 2-4 minutes per side. Remove pan from burner and set aside.
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Place a medium non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Add 1 tsp. olive oil and steaks to hot pan. Cook until browned, 3-4 minutes. Flip steaks, reduce heat to medium, and cook until browned and steaks reach a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees, 4-6 minutes. Remove to a plate and rest 2-3 minutes. Reserve pan; no need to wipe clean.
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Return pan used to cook steaks to medium-high heat. Add ½ tsp. olive oil and garlic to hot pan and cook until aromatic, 30 seconds. Add white wine, bring to a boil, and cook until reduced by half, 1-2 minutes. Add grape tomatoes, ¼ tsp. salt, and a pinch of pepper, and cook until warmed through, 1-2 minutes. Gently swirl in remaining butter. Remove from burner and add oregano.
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Serve four potato cakes on plate. Place steak next to cakes, then spoon sauce around and over steak.