Surf 'n' Turf from Australia

Description

Surf and turf always offers the best of sea and land, fresh prawns and juicy steak in this case, made more appealing by the tangy beer sauce on the side. Serve with chunky oven fries.

Summary

Yield
Servings
SourceAustralian cuisine
Prep time
30 minutes
Cooking time
Total time
30 minutes

Ingredients

2  
steaks (sirloin or fillet mignon steaks)
4  
prawns (cooked large shrimp or prawns, shells on)
1 T
butter
1 T
olive oil
1 T
lime juice
1  
onion (sliced)
1 clv
garlic (peeled and finely chopped)
1  
red chili (or to taste, finely sliced)
1⁄2 c
cream
1⁄2 c
lager
1  
spring onion (salad onion or scallion, finley sliced)

Instructions

Prepare the beer sauce

Heat olive oil in a pan. Fry softly the onion and chili for 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes more. When onion is soft, stir in cream and lager. Simmer gently for 8-10 minutes.

Prepare steaks and seafood

Grill or pan fry the steaks to your taste.

Heat butter and olive oil in a heavy pan. Add the shrimps and lime juice - it will splatter - and cook for 1-2 minutes.

Garnish and serve

Arrange the steaks on pre-heated plates. Pour over the beer sauce and place shrimp on top. Serve with chunky oven fries or baked potato wedges on the side.

Notes

The zesty beer and cream sauce will go well with the local game meat - kangaroo or emu - so it would be worth to try it, if you can get hold of any of them.

Ingredients, metric  
for the meat and seafood  
2   sirloin or fillet mignon steaks  
4   cooked large shrimp or prawns, shells on  
15 ml     melted butter  
15 ml     olive oil  
15 ml     lime juice  
for the sauce  
30 ml     olive oil  
1   onion, sliced  
1 clove    garlic, peeled and finely chopped  
1   red chili, finely sliced  
125 ml     cream  
125 ml    lager  
1   spring, scallion or salad onion, sliced  

Nutrition facts

Serving size: 1 serving Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet. Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.
Amount Per Serving      
Calories   1053.65  
Calories From Fat (69%)   726.49  
    % Daily Value
Total Fat 80.31g   124%  
Saturated Fat 30.22g   151%  
Cholesterol 195.47mg   65%  
Sodium 854.36mg   36%  
Potassium 1174.62mg   34%  
Carbohydrates 19.75g   7%  
Dietary Fiber 1.44g   6%  
Sugar 3.74g      
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g      
Net Carbohydrates 18.32g      
Protein 58.89g   118%