Grilled steaks & tomatoes with basil-garlic bread
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Beef T-bone steakes OR- Porterhouse steaks, cut 1 inch thick | |
| 3 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 1 | teaspoon | Dried basil leaves |
| ½ | teaspoon | Garlic powder |
| 1 | Loaf (8 oz.) French bread | |
| 6 | Tomato slices, 3/4\" thick | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Grated Parmesan cheese |
Directions
Preparation time: 25 min.
1. Combine oil, basil and garlic powder; reserve.
2. Place beef steaks on grid over medium coals. Grill steaks 10 to 17 minutes for rare (140 F) to medium (160 F), turning once.
3. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Meanwhile cut bread in half lengthwise; brush 1½ tablespoons basil mixture evenly on cut side of bread. Brush remaining basil mixture on one side of each tomato slice.
4. About five minutes before steaks are done, place bread, cut-side down, and tomatoes on grid with steaks; grill 2 to 3 minutes. Turn bread and tomatoes over; sprinkle with Paremesan cheese.
5. Continue grilling 1 to 3 minutes or until bread is golden brown and tomatoes are just heated through.
6. Cut bread diagonally into slices. Carve steaks into thick slices.
7. Serve with bread and tomato slices.
* COOKFDN brings you this recipe with permission from: * Texas Beef Council --