Steak with puttanesca sauce

Name: Steak with puttanesca sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 oz anchovy fillets (drained); 2 tbsp 1% milk; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 red onion (roughly chopped); 2 garlic cloves (crushed); 1 red chili pepper (deseeded and finely chopped); 12 oz cherry tomatoes (halved); 2 tbsp bottled capers (rinsed); 1 tsp dried oregano; 4 lean round steaks

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This is a really quick recipe for dressing up lean round steak. A gutsy tomato sauce, boosted with anchovies and capers, is made in the same pan, and all that’s needed is some crusty French bread and a side salad for a deliciously easy meal.

Servings	Prep Time	Cook Time
4servings	10minutes	15minutes

Servings	Prep Time
4servings	10minutes

Cook Time

15minutes

Course Dinner
Cuisine Meats

Ingredients

1 oz anchovy fillets drained
2 tbsp 1% milk
2 tbsp olive oil
1 red onion roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 red chili pepper deseeded and finely chopped
12 oz cherry tomatoes halved
2 tbsp bottled capers rinsed
1 tsp dried oregano
4 lean round steaks

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Ingredients

1 oz anchovy fillets drained
2 tbsp 1% milk
2 tbsp olive oil
1 red onion roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 red chili pepper deseeded and finely chopped
12 oz cherry tomatoes halved
2 tbsp bottled capers rinsed
1 tsp dried oregano
4 lean round steaks

Servings: servings

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Course Dinner
Cuisine Meats

Instructions

Lay the anchovies flat in a small dish, spoon over the milk and leave to soak while you begin preparing the sauce. (This soaking will remove a lot of the saltiness from the anchovies to give a mellower flavour.)
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large, heavy-based, ridged frying pan, add the onion and cook gently for 3-4 minutes until soft.
Stir in the garlic and chili pepper, then add the tomatoes, capers and oregano. Drain off and discard the milk from the anchovies, roughly chop the anchovies and add to the sauce. Stir around and cook gently for 5 minutes or until the tomatoes are lightly cooked. Tip the sauce out into a bowl and set aside while cooking the steaks.
Rinse out the pan and reheat. Brush the steaks lightly on both sides with the remaining oil and season with some freshly ground black pepper. Place the steaks in the hot pan and cook over a medium'high heat for 2-3 minutes on each side for rare or 4-6 minutes on each side for medium.
Pour the sauce over the steaks in the pan and heat through, then serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Variations: This sauce is equally good served with pan-fried skinless chicken breasts or chunky white fish steaks. For a vegetarian option, leave out the anchovies and serve the puttanesca sauce with pasta or cheesy potato cakes.

Each serving: 28 g protein, 15.5 g fat of which 4 g saturates, 5 g carbohydrate, 2.5 g fibre, 275 Calories

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