Tomo's Dinner Recipe

Pinwheel Steaks Recipe

Filling:
1 (3-ounce) jar pine nuts, 1/3 cup
2 cups fresh baby spinach leaves
1 cup arugula leaves
2 cloves cracked garlic
3/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, 4 handfuls
Salt and pepper
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, eyeball it
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
Steaks:
3 thin cut (3/4-inch) New York strip steaks
Coarse salt and black pepper
1 tall jar, 18 to 20 ounces, roasted red peppers, well drained, about 3 peppers
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Metal skewers


Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
Toast pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat until golden. Place spinach, arugula, garlic, cheese, 2 pinches salt, a few grinds black pepper, nutmeg, and toasted nuts in a food processor. Pulse grind the filling into a paste. Taste and adjust seasonings. Remove 1/2 cup of filling paste to a bowl and stir in extra-virgin olive oil to loosen it. Reserve remaining filling in processor bowl.

Place steaks between layers of waxed paper several inches apart. Pound steaks with a heavy bottomed pan to 1/2 their thickness. Season each steak with salt and pepper on both sides. Cover each steak with a thin layer of filling and top with roasted red peppers. Roll steaks tightly and cut each steak in 1/2 across. Secure pinwheels with a carefully placed skewer and set 6 pinwheels on a baking sheet. Drizzle with extra-virgin oil and roast 12 to 15 minutes. Remove skewers and transfer pinwheels to dinner plates. Top each with a generous portion of reserved sauce made from filling and extra-virgin olive oil, combined.

6 servings
takes 30 min total

looks fab!!!

Wow! I made this today and it's really delish!!!! DH loved it! The presentation looks fab and it also looks like I slaved over this for a long time but in reality it only took 10 min to prepare and 15 to cook. EASY and Yummy!

oooh this I must try!

Are you SURE even culinary idiots such as myself won't make a mess of it, and take two hours to prepare?

Yeah chica definitely.
Let me break this down for you:

1)Toast pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat until golden. Place spinach, arugula, garlic, cheese, 2 pinches salt, a few grinds black pepper, nutmeg, and toasted nuts in a food processor. Pulse grind the filling into a paste. Taste and adjust seasonings. Remove 1/2 cup of filling paste to a bowl and stir in extra-virgin olive oil to loosen it. Reserve remaining filling in processor bowl.

This will take about 10 min to do.

2) Place steaks between layers of waxed paper several inches apart. Pound steaks with a heavy bottomed pan to 1/2 their thickness. Season each steak with salt and pepper on both sides. Cover each steak with a thin layer of filling and top with roasted red peppers. Roll steaks tightly and cut each steak in 1/2 across. Secure pinwheels with a carefully placed skewer and set 6 pinwheels on a baking sheet. Drizzle with extra-virgin oil and roast 12 to 15 minutes.

This will take about 5 min to do. Then they cook for 12-15 min and then you take them out of the oven and just top each with a generous portion of reserved sauce made from filling and extra-virgin olive oil, combined.

It's really east to do, it tastes great and looks so gourmet!

oooh thank you Ev! Hope I can do it justice!