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post #1 of 8
6/7/11 at 9:22pm
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This is a very basic cafe grill steak sandwich. I have what I think of as a very nice marinade I came up with, but I need a sandwich sauce to go with it. I have these crap NY strip steaks that I marinade and grill for a bit of smoke and sear, then I throw them in the blast chiller and then thin slice on about a 25 degree bias. After that I put the meat back in the marinade and when it is ordered I finish off on the flattop. It has a nice carmelizing effect, although it makes a hell of a mess on the flattop.

 

The marinade consists of:

  • olive oil canola blend
  • worcestershire sauce
  • fresh garlic
  • fresh parsley
  • fresh rosemary
  • granulated garlic
  • cumin
  • paprika
  • chili powder
  • salt
  • pepper
  • dried thyme
  • honey(to balance the flavors out)

 

I was topping this with grilled onion, peppers, and and a thick slice of fontina cheese that I steam to melt, then finish off with a sauce of(dont laugh) ranch, sriracha sauce, and A1. I am going to drop the fontina and the peppers for thursday and fryday, but I a bitchin sandwich sauces to top it with... Any ideas?

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post #2 of 8
6/8/11 at 3:36am

Sandwich sounds good. With the cheese on top, I would not serve any sauce as to me it would cloud the contained flavors you have already created. If requested serve BBQ sauce or steak sauce on side in a small ramiken.

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post #3 of 8
6/8/11 at 4:17am

Have you tried to reduce a batch of that marinade into a sauce, maybe without the chili powder? And I absolutely mean the clean marinade, before the meat went in! Probably you need to add a thickening agent.

There are already so much different flavours in your sandwich, I don't see how another flavour can contribute to a better result. Also, my opinion, I would dump that cheese for a few leaves of crunchy salad.

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post #4 of 8
6/8/11 at 4:31am

Chris: Depends how much oil in marinade. If to much starch will not thicken it it would most likely seperate. You would need a commercial thickener or gum.

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post #5 of 8
6/8/11 at 9:12am

A simple vinaigrette can accent so many things.

 

based on re-emphasizing a few flavors in the marinade I'd think something like this:

 

Good red wine vinegar or a lesser balsamic vinegar

roasted garlic

rosemary

extravirgin olive oil

Salt and pepper.

 

Alternatively, a compound butter of garlic rosemary and black pepper put on the bun/bread and toasted into it. Or let it melt all over the steak while it rests.  Either way, A SMALL drizzle of the red wine vinegar or balsamic for final accent. It won't take much of the vinegar to make it sparkle and too much will kill it.

 

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post #6 of 8
6/9/11 at 3:01pm
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Update: Here is what I came up with. 

 

I roasted 4 Red bell peppers, 1 large onion, 1 jalapeno, 5 cloves of garlic with olive oil and a bit of sugar and red chili flakes for about 1 hour. Through it is the robot coup and added salt, pepper, sriracha sauce, about 1/2 cup of mayo and finished with a bit of apple cider vinegar ti brighten it up a bit. I think it turned out pretty dang good. I skipped the sauteed peppers from before as it was a big part of the sauce. 

 

Let me know what you guys think.

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post #7 of 8
6/10/11 at 4:22am

You made one of the many variations of a "rouille", a sauce that is served in France with fishsoups. Normally it would also contain some saffron and certainly no sugar. Some use mayo, some don't.

 

Anyway, sounds delicious to me!

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post #8 of 8
6/10/11 at 10:34pm
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My chef liked it after we were done making it and as we were talking today we decided to make it again and put it on a po'boy next week. It is not a traditional po'boy, but I think it will be really good.

 

I am really liking when he and I work together to come up with a special. I learn so much, it's to bad he has to split his time up between so many of us... and he REALLY sucks at the admin part of it haha. I actually had to show him how to attach a file to an email and how to make a folder on his desktop so he could save attachments he gets where he can find them. I wish I could just do all that stuff for him! :) It hurts watching him.

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