Eatables

Growing up in my parents house, I always remember my dad cooking. His favourite meal was breakfast; I mean, who doesn’t love breakfast, right? But as I got older, I noticed he liked to make other things. He was always crazy, just adding a pinch of this and a pinch of that; this completely boggled my mind. No matter what though, his meals always tasted good! Us kids were excited to see what he had conjured up.

Not much has changed since then. As I had previously posted, I went to San Diego to visit my parents for Christmas. My dad was excited to here of my new found love for cooking! We decided to make Italian steak heroes, delicious little sandwiches with a robust flavour. This recipe was inspired by Susanna Tee’s recipe found in The Steak Book. It’s especially great for a group of people. Enjoy!

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My husband and I occasionally like to eat at Rock Bottom Brewery where they have these delicious garlic stuff steaks. Since I can’t afford to eat out all the time, I wanted to try and make it at home. And ya’know what? It tasted even better than the restaurant!

I always purchase my beef from Wild Oats Natural Marketplace. They have all-natural meat without antibiotics, artificial hormones or growth-promoting drugs. I highly recommend purchasing organic meat from such stores or your local butcher. It’s much better quality meat and it definitely tastes better.

Personally, I am a garlic lover! I must have got it from my dad, heh. But that’s a good thing! Garlic tastes great and it is quite good for you too! It gives a nice sweet punch to the steaks. I’m also a pepper lover too, so this recipe has a little extra added to it.

Prep: 15 minutes
Outdoor Grill: 25-30 minutes
Indoor Grill: 8-10 minutes
Makes: 2 servings

Ingredients

• 5 to 6 whole garlic bulbs
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 2 teaspoons peppercorns, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 (8 oz.) top sirloin steaks, 1 inch thick

Steps

1. Put spices on steaks and message into the meat with your fingers.
2. Make a slit in each steak. Cut garlic bulbs in half and insert into slit in steak.
3. Since it is the middle of winter, I used my George Forman grill for these steaks. It took about 8 minutes to reach medium. I like my steak a little more cooked, so I left them on for a couple of extra minutes. On a grill it would take around 18 to 22 minutes to reach medium.