Date Steak Dinner with broccolini, mushrooms, and baked potatoes. (Recipe proportions are for 1, if cooking for 2, add 2x the ingredients)

Ingredients:

1 Piece of New York Strip Steak (cuts can vary, based on pricing and taste)

1 Shallot

3 Stalks of Broccolini

7 White Mushrooms

4 Small Yellow Potatoes

1 Head of Garlic

Salt

Pepper

Olive Oil

Sprigs of Thyme

Sprigs of Rosemary

½ Lemon

1 Stick of Butter (DON’T WORRY YOU WONT USE THE WHOLE THING)

Before cooking leave steak out of fridge for 20 min

Step 1: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Cut the head of garlic in half. Set one half aside, and chop the other.

Step 2: Cut the white mushrooms in halves. And slice the shallot.

Step 3: Place your potatoes in a bowl and dress them with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and rosemary leaves. Roll your potatoes and mix up all the flavors.

Step 4: Once oven is preheated put your potatoes on an oven tray and drizzle with olive oil. Insert into oven for about 15-20 minutes.

Step 5: Place your broccolini on an oven tray and season with olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. The broccolini cooks relatively fast so do not put in oven too early, insert at about 5-7 minutes remaining on for the potatoes

Step 6: Heat up a pan with some olive oil. Once smoking add the mushrooms and shallots. Season with salt, pepper, thyme, and garlic. Apply high heat to take out all the water that is absorbed by the mushrooms. Once the mushrooms have a brown tint to them, turn the heat to medium and add 1 teaspoon of butter and let the mushrooms take in the buttery goodness.

Step 7: Get a pan for your steak and add olive oil. Wait till the pan is smoking to put your steak in. Season your steak with salt and pepper, and lay away from you in the pan. When the steak hits the pan lower the heat just a tad and shake the pan to avoid the steak from sticking. Flip the steak over every minute or two to evenly cook the steak. Remember that half head of garlic? If so, rub the steak so it becomes full of garlic, and once the steak is almost ready get about 2 teaspoons of butter, a cluster of rosemary and thyme sprigs, and throw it into the pan.

Step 8: With some tongs or fork, tilt your pan and put the fat side of the steak into the butter and rosemary and thyme, this technique is called rendering. This will make your steak a lot tastier. Depending on how you like your steak cooked the times will vary, but here is a chart that will help you:

Thickness	Doneness	First Side	Second Side
¾”	Rare Medium Well	4 min 5 min 7 min	2 min 3 min 5 min
1”	Rare Medium Well	5 min 6 min 8 min	3 min 4 min 6 min
1 ¼”	Rare Medium Well	5 min 7 min 9 min	4 min 5 min 7 min
1 ½”	Rare Medium Well	6 min 7 min 10 min	4 min 6 min 8 min
1 ¾”	Rare Medium Well	7 min 8 min 11 min	5 min 7 min 9 min

Step 9: Once your steak is done cooking take off heat and let rest. Slice thinly.

Step 10: Place your broccolini on the plate, with your mushrooms and potatoes. Put your steak slices on top of the broccolini.

Step 11: Eat.