How I prepare my Pork Steak or any steak.

The I happen to spot these beautiful pork steak cuts at the butcher shop yesterday and decided to make Pork Steak ala Pobre at home. 

I marinate the cuts with worschestershire sauce, light soy sauce and cracked black pepper. Just enough to moisten the meat not to soak them. My grandma taught me to add cornstarch to the surface of the meat to seal in the juices when searing. 

In a hot, flat pan, drizzle the surface with a tablespoon of oil and sear the meat on one side for about 2-3 minutes. Turn them over and sear the other side and add a tablespoon of butter, 2 cloves of crushed garlic and a teaspoon of dried rosemary. 

Spoon the melted butter, garlic and rosemary all over the meat. Turn off heat and transfer the steak to an ovenproof dish and finish cooking in a turbo broiler for another 10 minutes or so. 

GRAVY

In the same pan, add more butter and slices of fresh mushrooms. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of flour and mix them well over low heat make a roux. Add water and chicken powder mix to taste and stir until thickened to make gravy. You may add additional Worcester sauce to brown the gravy further. 

Assemble everything in a serving dish with buttered veggies and mashed potatoes. 

Happy eats!

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Cooking Guru Gordon Ramsay shows us how to cook the perfect steak within two and a half minutes! I posted this so I can bookmark this.

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What is the origin of Salisbury steak?

Salisbury steak is pretty much a fancy hamburger. Salisbury steak is the namesake of James Henry Salisbury (1823-1905), a doctor known for his comments on diets and nutrition during Civil War times. He recommended that people eat hamburger three times a day (a friend of the Atkins diet) chased by cups of hot water, especially for soldiers who were suffering from "camp diarrhea". He was a staunch advocate of shredding all food to make it more digestible. The term Salisbury steak was first recorded in 1897 but really came into full usage during World War I when patriotic Americans wanted a substitute for the German word hamburger. Hamburger was originally Hamburger steak (or Hamburg steak) as it was created in the city of Hamburg, Germany. (In 2003, the cafeteria menus in the three US House of Representatives office buildings changed the name of french fries to freedom fries, in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the US position on Iraq.)

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Recipe: Sunday Steak with Caramelized Onions and Mushroom Gravy, Mustard Greens Sauté

Sounds complicated but it's just pan fried minute steak. With the remaining drippings, I caramelized sliced white onions and deglazed it with a bit of balsamic vinegar and worchestershire sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.

For the gravy, it's just basic butter & flour roux browned just a bit with a sprinkle of beef boullion, canned button mushrooms and soup stock or water.

Blanch the mustard greens quickly to remove some of the bitter taste and drain. Sauté with onions, garlic with salt & pepper to taste.

Happy Sunday, everyone.

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