Rachel Rays Salisbury Steak Food

SALISBURY STEAK WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY (RACHEL RAY)

Steps:

• Gently combine ground beef, worchestershire sauce, steak spice and onion - be careful not to overwork the meat mixture.
• Shape the meat into oval patties, not too thin.
• At medium to high heat, fry the meat patties approximately 6 mins on each side - turn only once.
• Remove the cooked patties to a platter and cover with tin foil to keep them warm.
• Add butter to the same pan and melt.
• Add the mushrooms, salt and pepper to the pan, saute until nice a golden brown (approx. 3-5 mins).
• Sprinkly the flour over the mushrooms and cook for 1-2 mins until flour has absorbed the butter (sometimes I added a little bit more butter at this stage).
• Whisk in the beef stock and cook until thickened. Check for seasoning.
• Serve gravy over the meat patties.

RACHEL RAY'S SALISBURY STEAK

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients for the steaks, namely meat, Worcestershire sauce, onion, salt, and pepper (or steak seasoning), and form two large, 1-inch (2.5 cm) thick oval patties.
• To a preheated nonstick skillet, add a tablespoon of olive oil and the patties, then cook them over medium heat for about six minutes on each side until they are nicely seared and caramelized.
• You will see that your patties are ready when the juices from the meat become clear. At that moment, remove the patties from the skillet and keep them somewhere warm, best by covering them with a tin foil.
• Add one more tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and butter to the skillet, then add the mushrooms and sauté them for three to five minutes, or until tender.
• Next, add flour and cook for two minutes more. Combine in the stock, stir and let the sauce thicken for a minute.
• Pour the gravy over each patty and serve them with mashed potatoes, spinach, or green peas.

SALISBURY STEAK WITH WILD MUSHROOM GRAVY, SMASHED POTATOES WITH GARLIC AND HERB CHEESE AND CHIVES, CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a pot and covered with water. Cover pot with lid and bring water to a boil. Salt boiling water and potatoes. Leave lid off pot and simmer at rolling boil until tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
• While potatoes cook, combine meat, Worcestershire, onion and steak seasoning or salt and pepper. Form 2 large, oval patties, 1-inch thick.
• Preheat large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add a tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil and the meat patties to a hot pan. Cook meat 6 minutes on each side until meat is evenly caramelized on the outside and juices run clear. Remove meat and cover with loose tin foil to keep warm. Add 1 more turn of the pan extra-virgin olive oil and butter to the pan, then the mushrooms. Season mushrooms with salt and pepper and saute mushrooms until tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
• While mushrooms cook, squeeze defrosted spinach dry by wringing it out in a kitchen towel. To a small skillet, add butter and cream and heat to a bubble over moderate heat. add spinach and salt and pepper. Cook until spinach thickens with cream, 3 to 5 minutes.
• To mushrooms, add a sprinkle of flour to the pan and cook 2 minutes more. Whisk in stock and thicken 1 minute.
• While sauce thickens, drain potatoes and return to hot pot. Smash potatoes with a little half-and- half or cream and garlic and herb cheese. Smash and incorporate chives. Add salt and pepper, to your taste.
• To serve, pour gravy over Salisbury steak. Serve potatoes and creamed spinach alongside the steaks. Now that's a TV dinner, DELUXE!

SALISBURY STEAK WITH MASHED POTATOES AND PARSNIPS AND CRESS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Put the potatoes and parsnips in large pot, cover with water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Salt the water and cook until tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain potatoes and parsnips and return them to the hot pot. Add the milk or cream and mash. Stir in the parsley, and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, to taste.
• Meanwhile, put the meat in a bowl and add 3 tablespoons of Worcestershire, the egg, cracker crumbs, grated onion, salt and pepper, to taste. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix meat to combine and form into 4 oval shaped loaves, no more than 1 1/2 inches thick and arrange them on a baking sheet. Drizzle with about 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and bake for 20 minutes.
• While meat is in oven, in a medium skillet over medium heat add the butter and melt, then add the onions and bay leaf and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook for 15 minutes, then add the garlic and sage and cook for another 3 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and stir 1 minute, then whisk in the stock, 2 tablespoons Worcestershire and season liberally with black pepper, to taste. Cook for 1 minute to thicken the sauce.
• Serve the steaks, on individual plates, whole or sliced with gravy on top, a mound of mashed potatoes and parsnips and 1 cup of watercress leaves alongside.

COOKING A STEAK

Steps:

• Remove meat from refrigeration 20 to 30 minutes before cooking, if possible. The larger the piece of meat, the more time it will need to rest at room temp.
• Preheat your pan or cooking surface over high heat. For steaks over 1 inch thick or on the bone, preheat oven with rack at center to 375 degrees F.
• Oil the meat, not the pan. Use olive oil (not EVOO) or neutral oil (light in color and flavor and suitable for cooking at a high-temp) and oil the meat, then season and place on hot cooking surface. Do not move for 2 to 3 minutes to develop the sugars, color, crust and flavor.
• Brown the steaks about 3 minutes per side to develop crust and color before transferring them to the oven (if using). Brown the fat of any steak as well before transferring. Steaks 1 inch thick or quick-cooking steaks, such as any "flat steaks," cook in about 8 minutes, turning occasionally for medium-rare to medium doneness (see Cook's Note). Skirt steaks will cook in just 6 to 7 minutes.
• When the steaks are just about to temperature, add butter, garlic and herbs to pan and spoon over steak to baste. Remove meat from the pan or grill 5 degrees before the desired temperature of the steak, as it will continue to cook as it rests due to carry-over cooking. Let the meat rest for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the juices to settle back into the meat before slicing.

SALISBURY STEAK WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Combine meat, Worcestershire, onion and steak seasoning.
• Form 2 large oval patties, 1" thick.
• Preheat large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add tablespoons of olive oil and the meat patties to a hot pan.
• Cook meat 6 minutes on each side until meat is evenly caramelized on the outside and juices run clear.
• Remove meat and cover with loose foil to keep warm.
• Add 1 tablespoons oil and the butter to the pan, then the mushrooms.
• Season with salt and pepper and sauté mushrooms until tender, 3-5 minutes.
• Add sprinkle of flour to pan and cook 2 minutes more.
• Whisk in beef stock and thicken 1 minute.
• To serve, pour gravy over Salisbury Steaks.
• Serve with mashed potatoes.