We had the McCools over last night, so I'll share what I cooked.So here we go...a DELICIOUS dinner with no pictures to prove it! (Well, except for the ones I swiped off the websites I got the recipes from! But hey, mine looked the exact same so it kinda counts, right?? :))
For Hors devours I tried a recipe that I have been wanting to try for a while. It was right up my alley....goat cheese, marinara sauce, garlic toasts....YUMMY! I personally thought it was delicious. I linked the recipe above but in these instructions I will put how I did it.
Warm Goat Cheese in Tomato Sauce
2 packages Goat Cheese (4 Ounces Each)
4 cups Homemade Tomato Sauce
1 whole Crusty Baguette Loaf Of Bread
5 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 whole Cloves Garlic, Peeled
Heat the tomato sauce in a saucepan. Keep warm.
Slice the bread into 1/2 inch slices and place on a baking sheet. Place under the broiler and brown each side of the bread slices (crostini). Place a garlic clove on a fork and rub vigorously on one side of each of the crostini. Brush each crostini lightly with olive oil.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place each of the goat cheese logs into an oven safe small baking dish and then pour the hot tomato sauce over the top until it just covers the cheese. Bake for about 20 minutes or until bubbly and hot. Place each dish on a larger plate and surround it with the crostini. Serve hot.
For dinner Mike wanted steaks. I went to the store and they had Ribeyes on sale...so ribeyes it was. I remembered that I had read a onion/blue cheese sauce recipe on Pioneer Woman's website, so I made that with it. Also served yeast rolls and Sauteed Spinach. Mike cooked the steaks PERFECTLY and the sauce was delicious. Very rich, but major yum.
Grilled Ribeye Steak with Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce
2 ribeye steaks
Salt
Pepper
4 tablespoons butter
1 very large yellow onion
3/4 to 1 cup heavy cream (I used fat free half and half and it came out perfectly)
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
Salt and pepper both sides of the steaks. Grill until medium rare.
Saute onions in 4 tablespoons butter over high heat. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes, or until dark and caramelized. Reduce heat to simmer and pour in cream. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until reduced by half. Stir in blue cheese until melted. Serve steaks on generous portion of sauce.
DELISH!!!!!
And finally for the sauteed spinach. I'm sure you all know how to saute spinach but I'll tell you anyway. Put a little olive oil in a large saute pan. (I usually put a tablespoon of butter also). Put lots of garlic in and saute for a minute or so. Add large amounts of spinach and cook until it just wilts. Add lots of salt and pepper.
