Beef is a meat that I rarely have around the kitchen. I tend to think of something specific I would like to try, usually when craving the specific nutritional value that it provides, and then go purchase a small, clean amount.
With this meal, I was very much interested in what was turning out to be quite a serendipitous grocery trip. I wasn't sure what to make, nor what to select for the general vegetable stock-up for the next good while, and then I saw something I rarely see down in Lancaster PA. I saw lovely bunches of broccoli rabe!
I love broccoli rabe, and I often crave it, despite not finding it most of the time, anywhere. So, having stumbled across a rare event, I took advantage of it. With the rabe, I decided on making a quick marinade from what I had at home (you don't need packets or bottles for making marinades, people! They couldn't be more easy) with some flank steak cuts. Finding something of small size, organic, and affordable, I headed home.
(Full recipe available upon request)
I had lovely small sweet potatoes already, so I chopped them up lengthwise and threw them in a baking dish or two with generous cinnamon and started on the marinade.
Marinades can be quick, easy, and fully improvised with no fuss or friction. I used safflower oil, loads of freshly chopped cilantro (and stalks) I had about, crushed garlic cloves, very small onion rounds, sea salt and plenty of black pepper, (real) maple syrup, and worcestershire.
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| Caya 2011 |
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Next, after adding the meat to the marinade, I clean and chop up the broccoli rabe - a very easy, very quick experience.
In goes the garlic and the rabe, fire goes up, and the meat is on.
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| I have a very small stove in my tiny little apartment home, but I make do! Caya 2011 |
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And here it is. Pleasant combination of bitter savory and sweet creamy flavors. Cheers.
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