Steak, Goat Cheese, Skinny Fries

I've done such a bad job of keeping up with this. It isn't that I haven't been eating or cooking, I just don't know that I've made anything too exciting or brand new.

But I got Omaha steaks for my birthday! And I had some goat cheese, so I looked up some recipes for what I could do with that.



For starters, I bought a julienne slicer. I figured I already had a mandonline, so clearly I needed this next.


I decided to use it to make shoestring potatoes, that was one of the suggestions on the back of the packaging afterall.

Unfortunately, the other suggestions are for making "slaws" and what not, and I am not a slaw fan, so perhaps this wasn't my best investment ever (luckily, it was not much of an investment).

And while I love skinny fries, these might be a bit TOO skinny. But I digress.


What goes with french fries? Well, everything actually. But I wanted you to think steak. And I remembered that I had goat cheese. And of course I have the internet, so thank you, Giada, for your steak, goat cheese, and balsamic reduction recipe.

Instead of filet, I used top sirloin, since that's what I had.


I cooked it in some cast iron, with butter, about 3 minutes each side.


Broiled it for a just a minute or so with goat cheese on top.


Resting


My presentation needs some work, but oh well. The taste was there. The balsamic reduction was really nice, I'll probably use it on a few other things. The potatoes ended up being a bit thin to eat as fries, but they were quite yummy just scooped up with a fork after I swirled them around in extra sauce.