That's not the full title, but on the Net one is supposed to be brief... The full recipe would be "Veal Steak Strips and Caramelised Onions on a Bed of Spiral Pasta in a Leek and Blue Cheese Sauce", but that would just look too unwieldy...
Anyhow, this recipe is perfect for a cold November evening when the nights are getting longer and the memories of summer are still not so far away.
Ingredients:
A third of a leek, cut into tiny pieces
100g Roquefort, Stilton, Gorgonzola or some such blue cheese
1 or 2 onions, thinly sliced
200ml cream
400g pasta, preferably large
Some small veal steaks, sliced into strips
Ground black pepper
Lots of butter for frying
Instructions:
Put butter into a saucepan and a decent frying pan, and water into another saucepan. Switch all of them on medium except the water (high).
Put the steaks in the frying pan and add a tiny bit of salt. Fry gently, removing any leakages from the meat. Put the onions in towards the beginning.
Take the leek and pulse it in the mixer for a while until it is in small pieces. Fry gently in butter.
Put the pasta in salted boiling water.
With 5 to 10 minutes before the pasta is ready, put the blue cheese in with the leek. Allow it to melt, then add some cream and let it heat on a gentle temperature without bubbling.
Once the pasta is cooked, the rest should be ready too.
When dishing up, think about making it presentable. I mixed the sauce with the pasta, put the meat on top in a small pile and the onions on top. But I'm sure you'll have a method that is just as attractive! Finish off with some rocket salad or such like to give it some colour.
I like my steaks nicely browned on the outside and red on the inside, hence the contrasting shades.
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