French Onion Salisbury Steak over Cheese Toasts

As promised we will bring you 2 recipes this week.  These recipes come to us from Cuisine at home magazine.  We picked out the warm, hearty French Onion Steaks & Cheese Toasts.  Really this is just a new version of Salisbury steak but the sauce base is on French onion soup. I am not a big onion fan but hoping this dish will win me over.  We are going to pair this with a Gunflint Red Wine from Cannon River Winery…. (it is one of the ingredients)…Cheers!

French Onion Salisbury Steak

For the Steak –

1 ¼ lb. ground chuck

¼ cup minced fresh parsley

2 Tbs. minced scallions

1 tsp. kosher salt

1/2 tsp. black pepper

2 Tbs. flour

For the Sauce –

1 Tbs. Olive oil

2 cups sliced onions

1 tsp. sugar

1 Tbs. minced garlic

1 Tbs. tomato paste

2 cups low-sodium beef broth

¼ cup dry red wine

¾ tsp kosher salt

½ tsp dried thyme

                Cheese Toasts

                Minced fresh parsley

                Shredded Parmesan

• Combine ground chuck, ¼ cup parsley, scallions, salt & pepper.  Divide evenly into 4 portions & shape into ¾ to 1 inch thick oval patties. Place 2 Tbs. flour in shallow dish; dredge each patty in flour. Reserve 1 tsp flour.
• Heat oil in pan over med.-high. Add patties, sauté 3 minutes each side or until browned. Remove from pan
• Add onions & sugar to pan; sauté 5 minutes.  Stir in garlic & tomato paste; sauté until paste begins to brown, 1 minute.  Sprinkle mixture with reserved flour; cook 1 minute.  Stir in broth, wine salt & thyme.
• Return meat to pan; bring sauce to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low cover, & simmer for 10 minutes.

• Serve steaks on Cheese Toasts with onion sauce ladled over.  Garnish with parsley & Parmesan.

Cheese Toasts

4 slices Italian baguette, cut diagonally, ½ inch thick

2 Tbs. unsalted butter, room temp.

½ tsp minced garlic

Pinch of paprika

¼ cup shredded Swiss cheese

1 Tbs. shredded Parmesan

• Preheat oven to 400 & place bread on baking sheet. 
• Combine butter, garlic & paprika; spread on one side of each slice of bread.  Combine cheeses & sprinkle evenly over butter.  Bake until bread is crisp & cheese is bubbly, 10 – 15 minutes.

Tupps Tidbits ~  You can wait till the sause comes to a boil to put the toast in the oven, both will be done at the same time.

 

Well this dish winned me over!  It was so elegant & the taste was unbelievable. The patties were moist &tender.  Both are KEEPERS in our home!