So my husband, who has been missing steak since I became vegetarian, managed to convince me to make him a steak dinner for his birthday. Once I agreed, he couldn't decide how he wanted it. In the end I made it in ALL his favorite ways, crumbed, with mushroom sauce, grilled with garlic and beef stroganoff. I figured I might as well do the fancy thing and make courses out of it (Masterchef here I come!). In case you were wondering, I had a veggie version of the stroganoff for my dinner.
I will post recipes later, but I just wanted to show some of the pictures.
This was the first course. Grilled steak with garlic and chilli, served with roast potatoes.
The second course. Crumbed steak with rocket and tomato. This one made me drool.
The third course. Steak with mushrooms and a soy sauce and garlic reduction. I served it with chive mashed potatoes. Isn't it pretty?
Then the final course, and I had my dinner along with this.
Just some side notes.. I like about 15 mins between courses, I'm sure there's a rule about this but I don't know what it is. I had 30 mins between courses 2 and 3, just because it felt right, it was like an announcement that you're midway through your meal. I have had plenty of dinner parties but none with "courses" so it took a lot more planning than I am used to. I had a big sheet of paper listing all the courses and everything that went with them. By the end of it, I had cooked two and a half hours and I was pooped.
