5月26日
忙碌的周日，附*红酒牛排*图片+食谱
今天好友来家里做客，忙忙碌碌了一天，很开心。
午饭主要是好友主厨，去菜场买了鸡蛋、子虾、茄子、甜椒。自己在旁边学会了怎么烧上海风味的油爆虾和青椒茄子。午餐后开始学着做chocolate chip cookies。组里的同事Susan经常烤cookies给大家吃，所以一直想学，周末还去麦德龙买到了非常贵的chocolate chips；不过要做正宗的cookies还必须得正宗的chocolate chips。我们在里面加了一点M&M想替代chocolate chips，但效果不好，不好吃。
晚餐是今天的重头戏^_^，红酒牛排！关于什么是牛排，我在麦德龙买肉的时候就想了好久。在那里，似乎找不到我想像中的牛排。想像中的牛排是圆圆的一片片的冰鲜牛肉。但是这种牛肉在麦德龙标的是牛柳。犹豫再三，还是买了这种想牛排的牛柳。结账的时候特意留意了一下发票，上面标的是“青岛冰鲜牛柳A级 tenderloin”。网上说整块的Beef Tenderloin 牛里肌肉切成厚片的话就是Filet Mignon 菲力牛排了，所以看来还是买对了:D
红酒牛排，自然离不开红酒了，家里有一瓶法国红酒，但是很贵，舍不得用它来烧菜。在麦德龙红酒区转了转，看到来自美国加州的carlo rossi，标签上标着california red，很喜欢这个词，想必这个酒应该也价廉物美吧（48.99 yuan/750ml），就买了。实践证明这酒的确不错。图片里有它的照片。
红酒牛排烧法很简单，配料也只需要盐、黑胡椒、大蒜、橄榄油、奶油、植物油、洋葱、红酒。食谱是同事Marian发给我的，她也是参照allrecipes上面的做过一次。我就把allrecipes上面的拷过来借用一下吧：
INGREDIENTS
- 1 medium head garlic
- 1 1/2 pounds flank steak
- salt to taste
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1 cup dry red wine
DIRECTIONS
- Cut head of garlic in half, place on a square of foil, and drizzle with olive oil. Wrap. Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Squeeze roasted garlic cloves out of skins, and mash into a puree. Set aside.
- Sprinkle steak with salt and a generous amount of freshly ground pepper. Heat a large heavy skillet over medium high heat, but do not add fat. When hot, cook seasoned steak until seared and well browned on both sides, about a minute per side. Reduce heat to medium, and add 2 tablespoons of the butter. Continue to cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Remove meat, and keep warm.
- Pour off the fat in the skillet, and add the scallions and red wine. Bring to a boil, and whisk in the garlic puree. Boil until the wine is reduced by half, and is thick and syrupy. As it boils, scrape up browned bits with a wooden spoon. Stir in the meat juices that have accumulated under the steak. Boil for another second or so. Remove from the heat, and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter until it is incorporated into the wine sauce.
- Quickly slice the meat against the grain, into thin strips. Arrange on a hot platter, and pour the sauce down the center of the slices. Serve at once.
食谱这种东西，都是只能参考一下的，具体情况还得具体对待，各位想尝试的也可以尽情发挥想象力，肯定可以做得更好吃。比如我把sauce做得差不多的时候，并不是把它倒在牛排上，而是把牛排放在sauce里翻滚了一下，这样更入味。要点：黑胡椒一定要新鲜的现磨的。麦德龙有黑胡椒磨卖的，25元一小瓶，够磨两年了吧。
煎牛排时候的滋滋声，很好听。Good luck!
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