Shameless Carnivore

I experimented this weekend with my favorite sandwich of all time the steak sandwich. Having always preferred it over a hamburger as mince really isn't what I would like to knock 5 years of my life for, hey might as well do it proper.  

I marinated my steak for a couple of hours in olive oil, black pepper and light steak seasoning and used Shiitake mushrooms as they have a wonderful meaty texture, smeared it with a Dijon tarragon sauce top with caramelized onions. SHHHABANG!!! A real hearty sandwich although I wish I had added a couple leaves of rocket to add to the already spicy mushroom chili mix.

Recipe:

Steak fillet
Handful of Shittake mushrooms sliced thick
1 red chili
3 cloves of garlic minced finely
2 large onions cut thick
Any cheese of your choice cut paper thin ( I used Comte from Dean and Deluca)
Baguette of your choice (I used a brown cereal one from Dean and Deluca)
White Pepper
Fresh lemon Juice
Olive Oil
Steak seasoning of your choice
Black Pepper
2 tablespoons butter

Dressing:
Handful of fresh tarragon
1 tablespoons Dijon mustard
Fresh lemon juice
Salt
Black Pepper
2 tablespoons Hellman's Mayonnaise
Olive oil

Method:

Marinate your steak for a couple of hours with  steak seasoning, olive oil and pepper. Heat a frying pan and melt the butter adding the garlic, mushroom and chili. Saute for 3-5 minutes adding the white pepper and lemon juice and salt. Fry for a further 3 minutes and set aside.
Meanwhile caramelize your onions on low heat until soft and golden brown.
In a food processor whiz the mayo, mustard, tarragon, lemon juice, salt and pepper slowly drizzling in the olive oil to make a thick sauce consistency. Taste along the way to add any seasoning to your liking.
Grill your steak on high heat finally adding salt. Once cooked to your preference, slice thinly.

Now to assemble, cut the baguette into hearty size portions removing the extra dough inside, smear dressing on the bottom adding steak slices, cheese, mushrooms and onions topping it with more sauce.