Steak and Potatoes

I usually compliment myself when I work very diligently on my own to create a meal for my family. Now, I know what you might be thinking, just steak and potatoes, not hard, nothing for David to brag about. I just want to let the audience know that whenever I cook, it has to be high quality and not just thrown together. The real name for the dish should be:

Spice and Rosemary Rubbed NY Strip Steak

with lightly fried baby red potatoes and cooked in garlic butter

It took a long time to prep and make though I did everything on schedule and it all came out together and hot and the steak was cooked at a perfect medium rare. As well I made the garlic butter from scratch using a recipe from Julia Child's cook book, though everything else was invented on my own. I'm particularly proud of the rub in which I took about an hour to figure out, though when I did, it was pleasing to smell and taste.

The rub included odd proportions of:

garlic powder, ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, cinnamon and diced rosemary.

It seems odd to put cinnamon on the beef, though it just most of the spice from the pepper and garlic (without removing flavor) and really lets the flavor of the beef and the garlic butter shine through. When doing the steak in the pan, I added a small amount of white wine before it finished cooking. In terms of the potatoes, I tossed them with a very small amount of diced rosemary and pan fried them in olive oil until they were golden brown and crispy.

From a very critical family, I thankfully received approval and not ridicule as I would only make the best and when I cook, all of my effort possible goes into making it the best dish it can be.