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Steak Gorgonzola à La Olive Garden
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- Ready In:
- 1hr 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 (2 1/2 lb) boneless beef top sirloin steaks
- 1 1⁄2 cups Italian dressing (I used Newman's Own Lighten Up Italian)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (optional)
- 1 lb uncooked pasta, cooked according to pkg directions
- 4 cups chopped spinach
- 2 cups alfredo sauce
- 1⁄2 cup chopped green onion
- 3 tablespoons gorgonzola, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons gorgonzola (for sprinkling on top of finished dish)
- 2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, glaze (I used the bottled glaze from igourmet.com)
- chopped fresh parsley leaves, for sprinkling
directions
- MARINATED STEAK PREPARATION;.
- Cut beef into 1/2" cubes and set aside.
- Mix the Italian dressing, rosemary and lemon juice, if using, together.
- Add the marinade to the beef toss and let marinate for at least 1 hour.
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SPINACH GORGONZOLA SAUCE:
- Heat Alfredo sauce in large sauté pan.
- Add onion, spinach and Gorgonzola cheese.
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TO PUT THE DISH TOGETHER:
- Grill steak to desired doneness.
- Place drained pasta in sauté pan with heated Alfredo sauce.
- Toss pasta with sauce and place on a large platter.
- Place grilled beef on pasta and sauce.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
- Sprinkle remaining Gorgonzola cheese, sun dried tomatoes and parsley leaves.
- Enjoy with a nice tomato salad and a nice glass of wine!
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Reviews
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THIS RECIPE WAS AWESOME!!! It tasted even BETTER than Olive Garden's and was extremely easy to make! We only marinated the steak for 45mins and it was still delicious!! Total time was about 1hr15mins and that was only because we didn't marinate ahead of time. If you marinate it ahead of time, you cold easily make this recipe in about 30 mins. The marinade was SO GOOD! I highly reccommend this recipe. The only bad thing I could I would say about it is that if your going to use a whole box of pasta, you might want to get a little extra alfredo (esp. if you like a lot of sauce).
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This is a really good. I have tried this in the restaurant, but it has been awhile and I cannot remember it being enough to know if it is the same, but I think it is close and reguardless my wife really liked it and our friend who raided my fridge for left overs so she could have lunch, texted me to say how good it was. All this despite the fact, I took a short cut and made it of using some left over stew meat instead of steak. I used a Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce copy cat and the flavors came out really good and I am looking forward to doing this recipe again with a better grade of meat. The only change my wife I may make, is dropping the spinach from the recipe, but only because we prefer it in our salads as to cooked or in sauces.
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