Jose Pizarro's Fillet steak on toast with onions and melted cheese
- 6 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 5 Medium onions, finely sliced
- 1 tsp Caster sugar
- 1 Small bay leaf
- 4 Fillet steaks, 200g each
- 200 g (7.1oz) Torta de Barros or Camembert
- 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pinch Sea salt
- 1 pinch Freshly ground black pepper
- 4 Slices of sourdough bread
- 1 handful Oregano leaves
- First, caramelise the onions: heat the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed saute pan over a low heat, then add the onions, sugar and bay leaf.
- Give everything a good stir, cover with a lid and slowly cook the onions until they are a deep nut-brown colour; stir occasionally.
- This process will take longer than you think - about an hour.
- Meanwhile, bring the steaks to room temperature (this will take 20-30 minutes), and de-rind the cheese and divide it into four chunky slices
- Towards the end of the onions' cooking time, heat a non-stick frying pan or griddle over a high heat.
- Add the oil and, when it's shimmering, put a steak into the pan.
- You need to fry the steaks one at a time: if you add all four at once they'll steam rather than fry.
- For rare steaks about 2.5cm thick, cook for 1-2 minutes on each side, and rest for 5 minutes
- Season each steak, place a cheese slice on top of it, and leave somewhere warm so that the cheese begins to melt.
- Meanwhile, toast the bread.
- Spoon the caramelised onion onto the toast, place the cheese smothered steaks on top, and finish with a sprinkle of oregano leaves and serve
olive oil, onions, sugar, bay leaf, fillet, camembert, olive oil, salt, freshly ground black pepper, bread, handful oregano
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/14474/jos--pizarros-fillet-steak-on-toast-with-caramelised-onion-and-melted-cheese (may not work)