Oh. My. Gosh.

How have I missed this concept???

Beef AS the wrapper — not what’s inside the wrapper!!

This is absolutely brilliant. And it comes to us from our friends over at seasaltwithfood.com.

Japanese Beef Rolls

Ingredients

8 thinly slices of Beef (sirloin)

8 stalks of Asparagus, trimmed

3 stalks of Scallions, halved

100g Enoki Mushrooms, trimmed

3 Tbsp  Japanese Soy Sauce

3 Tbsp Mirin

1 Tbsp Cooking Oil

Toothpicks or small skewers

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F (205°C). Oil a baking tray.

Prepare the basting sauce. Mix the soy and mirin. Set aside.

Lay the beef slices, place the asparagus, scallions and mushrooms. Roll them tightly, and secure with toothpicks.

Bake in the oven for 5 minutes and baste the beef rolls with the sauce. Repeat the basting every 5 minutes until the beef rolls are cooked.

Boil the remaining sauce lightly and brush the beef rolls again. To serve, remove the toothpicks. Top it with some chopped scallions! DELISH!

Photo and recipe courtesy of seasaltwithfood.com.

I absolutely love peppercorn on steak. It’s so, so tasty and it brings out the steak’s natural flavor.

And I really love when you get to crack it with a mallet. Hi-yahhhhh!!! (That’s my fake karate chop sound.)

This recipe has it all!

Pepper-Crusted Steaks with Worcestershire-Glazed Portobellos

Ingredients

4 14- to 16-ounce New York strip steaks (each about 1 to 1 1/4 inches thick)

3 tablespoons black peppercorns, cracked with mallet

2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) butter

4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

1 pound portobello mushrooms, cut into 1/3-inch-thick slices

Preparation

Sprinkle steaks with cracked peppercorns and coarse salt. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

Melt 1/2 cup butter in large skillet over medium heat. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and vinegar. Stir in mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt. Remove from heat.

Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Grill steaks until cooked to desired doneness, about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer to plates. Top each steak with 1/2 tablespoon butter. Tent with foil to keep warm. Grill mushrooms until soft and beginning to release juices, about 3 minutes per side. Divide mushrooms among steaks and serve.

Test-kitchen tip:

To make crisscross grill marks, place steaks on the grill pointing to ten o’clock. Halfway through cooking on one side, turn steaks to point to 2 o’clock. Turn steaks over and repeat.

Photo and recipe courtesy of epicurious.com.

THIS is way fun! A steak sub is a great way to combine all the flavors you love — just the way you like them.

Want cheese? Add it!

Want mayo? Spread it on!

Want a tomato? Put it in there!

The possibilities with a steak sub are endless. You can even change up the type of bread you use.

Here’s a recipe to get you started, but customize it to your liking — and have fun!!!

Summer Steak Subs

Ingredients

• 2 sub rolls or mini baguettes
• 1 tbsp mayonnaise or horseradish sauce
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 small onion, finely sliced
• 1 red pepper , deseeded and finely sliced
• 2 thin frying steaks
• 2 slices gruyère cheese

1. Split the rolls down the middle, spread with the mayonnaise or horseradish, then set aside. Heat half the oil in a large frying pan and fry onions and peppers together for 5-10 mins until soft and beginning to color, then spoon into the rolls.
2. Heat remaining oil in the same pan, season the steaks and cook for 1 min until browned. Flip steaks over, top with the cheese and continue to cook until the steak is cooked to your liking and the cheese has melted. Lift the steaks into the rolls and tuck in.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2006.

Thanks to BBCGoodFood.com for the photo and recipe.