Dec 31 2013
It’s now the first day of the New Year and I am a little
sluggish. Maybe I over did the bourbon! I have my pork and kraut on for today’s
good luck meal. I am glad I had the ribs already smoked.
I usually try to have a good supper to ring out the Old
Year, steak, shrimp, lobster or a combination. I had some beef tenderloin
steaks from Sam’s Club that had some nice marbling so I knew they would be good.
I had about a pound of shrimp left to use; a baked potato and a green salad
would top it off.
I baked some of Walmart’s garlic knots early and would warm
them in the oven to serve. We like our baked potatoes with a potato rod
inserted, baked at 350 deg. for 1 ½ hours. You end up with a very crispy potato
skin to eat after eating the inside.
I got the potatoes in baking and the last half hour I did
the steaks and shrimp. I rubbed a small dab of olive oil on each side of the
steaks then seasoned them with a little dried garlic flakes, grey sea salt and
fresh ground pepper. I seared them in a hot skillet for 3 minutes on each side
and then in the 350 deg. oven for 10 minutes topped with a pat of gorgonzola
chive butter.
I seasoned the shrimp with a little sea salt and Penzey’s Cajun
seasoning and sautéed in butter and olive oil about 5 minutes. I popped the garlic
knots in the oven for the last 5 minutes, and served it all. The steaks were
just right for my wife and a little rarer than our daughter and I like, but
they sure were good! My wife said the best I have done.
Garlic Knots
Grey sea salt
Potatoes with rods
Seasoned steaks
Searing
In the oven
Shrimp
Rare steak
My Plate
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