Marinated Flank Steak

Tender Patience, Deep and Savory

There is something quietly confident about a marinated flank steak. It asks nothing of you in the moment — only that you plan ahead, that you trust the slow work of time. The balsamic does its patient labor overnight, softening and deepening, while garlic and fresh oregano settle into every grain of the meat. What emerges from the oven is not a showy thing. It is honest and grounded, the kind of meal that earns its place at the table without announcing itself.

Ingredients

• 3 pounds flank steak
• 1 tablespoon Alessi Garlic Puree
• 4 tablespoons Alessi Balsamic Reduction
• Alessi Sea Salt and Ground Black Pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon Alessi Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• fresh oregano, chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine garlic puree, balsamic reduction, salt and pepper.
3. Add steak and marinate. (Steak can marinate anywhere from a few minutes to overnight).
4. Add olive oil to an oven safe pan on high heat and brown steak on all sides.
5. Once browned, move steak to oven and continue to cook until internal temperature reads 145-150 degrees, or until desired doneness.
6. Let steak rest before slicing.
7. Recipe by: Hillary Marquez, a winner of our Alessi Pursuit of the Palate student culinary cooking contest.