Grilled Steak Sandwich with Melted Cheese & Basil Aioli Recipe
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Thanks so much to all of you who shared your wonderful recipes during the appetizer and side dish rounds of our Get Grillin' event. Marla of Family Fresh Cooking and I are excited to see what you have in store for us during entree week. My recipe is a grilled steak sandwich, topped with soft, creamy Saint Andre cheese. I whipped up an easy basil aioli and topped it all off with roasted red peppers and spinach. The entree round is limitless - burgers, ribs, chicken, seafood, vegetarian options...the list goes on. Whatever you choose to share, your entry will make you eligible to win an amazing selection of cheeses from Ile de France Cheese.
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The recipe:
The steak:
In a large shallow dish, whisk together oil, vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper. Add flank steak and turn to coat. Let rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Cook steak until medium-rare, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing into thin strips. Serve the steak warm so that the heat of the meat will melt the cheese.
The Aioli:
In a medium bowl, stir together mayonnaise, lemon juice and basil.
The rest:
Divide aioli evenly amongst ciabatta rolls, spreading on both cut sides of each roll.
Top bottom half of each roll with steak, cheese, roasted red bell peppers (see How to: Roast a Bell Pepper) and spinach. Top each with remaining ciabatta halves. Serve.
Grilled Steak Sandwich with Melted Cheese & Basil Aioli
Steak:
¼ cup canola oil
¼ cup white wine vinegar
4 cloves garlic, crushed
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 lb. flank steak
Aioli:
6 tablespoon mayonnaise (I used low-fat)
½ teaspoon fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
The rest:
4 ciabatta rolls, cut in half
6 oz. Saint Andre cheese, sliced
2 roasted red bell peppers, cut in half (see How to: Roast a Bell Pepper)
1 cup (packed) fresh spinach leaves
Steak:
In a large shallow dish, whisk together oil, vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper. Add flank steak and turn to coat. Let rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Cook steak until medium-rare, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing into thin strips. Serve the steak warm so that the heat of the meat will melt the cheese.
Aioli:
In a medium bowl, stir together mayonnaise, lemon juice and basil.
The rest:
Divide aioli evenly amongst ciabatta rolls, spreading on both cut sides of each roll. Top bottom half of each roll with steak, cheese, roasted red bell peppers and spinach. Top each with remaining ciabatta halves. Serve.
Makes 4 sandwiches.
Nami @ Just One Cookbook
Hi Dara!
Thank you for visiting my blog and now I'm here and I'm really happy that I found your beautiful site! SO MANY delicious photos and recipes!!!! I'm writing a comment on this post because I recently tried aioli similar to this and I loved it! Now I know how to make the whole sandwich with this recipe. Thank you for sharing this recipe and I'm looking forward to more of your recipes!
Kristi Rimkus
Fun Get Grillin' and delicious sandwich!
Firefly
Your sandwich looks so good it would be perfect for lunch today 🙂 wish I had some 🙂
TheFromagette
Saint Andre on a sammie is PURE decadence. Yum.
Tickled Red
I soooooo need this for lunch today! Heavens!
Blog is the New Black
PS- I have that same plate! 😉 TJ Maxx?
Kate@Diethood
I love me a good samwich and that sounds like a darn good samwich!
Monet
I wish I had a grill! All you had to say was "Melted Cheese" and I was sold. Thank you for taking the time to share a moment of your world with me...I was wishing I could take a bite out of your photographs! I hope you are having a wonderful, joyful week. Many blessings and much love!
Kathy
That looks so good!
Blog is the New Black
Thanks for suggesting I post this! I am so flattered- LOVE your blog! 🙂
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RavieNomNoms
Yum Yum!! I cannot even imagine how good that must taste! I love that aioli!
Emily @Cleanliness
This looks fabulous. Being from Philadelphia, I'm usually one minded when it comes to a steak sandwich, but I think you have converted me 🙂
Faith
Thanks so much for leaving that sweet comment on my site! This is quite a fine looking sandwich...it would be a huge hit in my house!
I just entered my Cheeseburger Pie in the contest! 🙂
anja
that sandwich sounds soo good. could have one right away.
Nancy@acommunaltable
ANYTHING with St. Andre cheese is awesome... made by Cookin Canuck.. even better!!!
These look divine .. and definitely worth the extra time on the treadmill!!
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Aww - thank you, Nancy.
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Baking Serendipity
Aioli is one of those things I always see on restaurant menus and swear I will make, but never get around to it! Your sandwich look fantastic (and restaurant worthy!)
Dara (Cookin' Canuck)
Well, I can't claim that this is an aioli made completely from scratch, but it certainly does the trick for this sandwich.