Cheever Sauce

My timing is the worst because this would have been a great post for Valentine’s Day. Something about this meal felt incredibly romantic. Is red meat still considered an aphrodisiac?  The sweet blueberry sauce was also giving off its own intoxicating, amorous aroma. Everything in this dish came together beautifully, so despite the Super Super Easy tag, it was still Super Super Special. 

 I totally stole the idea for this dish from the steak meal of all steak meals in Italy…a dish I didn’t even eat firsthand, which can be found at Aqua Al 2 in Florence. As a food blogger it’s pretty embarrassing to admit I have never been to Italy. And I realize going abroad to Florence is like a right of passage for most girls raised in Connecticut, but in college I had shit to do, which didn’t include going abroad. I’ll make up for it when CheeverSauce goes international and I’m cooking pizza out of my own Tuscan wood burning stove. 

 Nevertheless, I heard this steak was pretty amazing, and a highlight of everyone I know who’s made the trip to Florence,  so it’s been on my list of food to cook on my own as the concept sounded easy enough to guess and replicate. Turns out, it was even easier to replicate then planned. The whole thing came together with minimal ingredients in 15 minutes, and I sided it with a raw kale and blue cheese salad because…well…nothing beats the combination of blue cheese and red meat. 

Onwards to the recipe:

Sometimes I get carried away with what kind of food I can whip up in this little kitchen of mine. I have that mentality that if some of the top chefs in NYC can work out of some of the smallest kitchens in the United States, so can I. But I hear your plea for faster, easier, less ingredient dishes, so I am going to begin posting “Super Super Easy” meals that can be prepped in as little at 5 minutes, and ready to eat in less than 20 (Because I still feel that a lot of my recipes are just Super Easy).  I’m not talking about plain baked fish and steamed veggies here…I do have a certain caliber for what’s considered a delicious dinner. Just some basic ingredients that you might not think to put together, that can offer a wonderful, easy to make meal. 

So if you’re strapped for time, and looking for a last minute meal, resist the urge to visit your best friend Seamless and cook up a Super Super Easy CheeverSauce dish - you’ll surprise your closeted chef self with how easy it can be. The other week I only had salmon, bok choy, and other limited ingredients in my fridge, but this recipe is a classic case of how a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, goes a long way.

Onto the recipe from Serious Eats: