Roast Flank Steak
- 4 medium russet potatoes
- 12 cloves garlic smashed, peeled, chopped
- 1 cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 4 each mushrooms, portabello ends trimmed, caps wiped clean
- 2 pounds beef, flank steak (london broil) trimmed
- Place one oven rack on lowest level and one rack on the next level above.
- Heat oven to 500 degrees F.
- Forty minutes before roasting the steak and mushrooms, use a fork to prick the potatoes once or twice each.
- Place them directly on the sides of the upper rack of the oven, allowing enough room for the mushrooms, which will cook on the same rack.
- Put the garlic in the blender or food processor with 4 tablespoons of the oil.
- Blend until smooth.
- Scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula.
- Add remaining oil and salt and pepper.
- Blend until smooth.
- Put the mushrooms in a 12x8x1 1/2-inch roasting pan.
- Using the spatula, scrape out half the garlic mixture into the pan.
- Rub the puree into both sides of each mushrooms cap.
- Allow to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Put steak in shallow container large enough to hold it.
- Pour remaining garlic mixture over and rub into both sides of steak.
- Let marinate on kitchen counter at least 30 minutes or until meat comes to room temperature.
- Before roasting the steak and mushrooms, put a roasting pan on the lower oven rack and preheat for 10 minutes.
- Remove pan.
- Immediately, put the steak with all of its marinade in the pan.
- Place on the lower rack, the thickest part of the steak to the rear of the oven.
- Place the mushrooms on the upper rack at the same time.
- For rare, roast the steak on one side for 6 minutes(for medium, 8 minutes).
- Turn the steak and, ushrooms.
- Roast 6 minutes more.
- Remove steak, mushrooms and potatoes from the oven.
- Let steak rest about 5 minutes, Slice thinly against the grain.
russet potatoes, garlic smashed, olive oil, kosher salt, mushrooms, beef
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/roast-flank-steak-38565 (may not work)