If you cannot decide between steak and shrimp why not have them both. A South Florida chef shares his recipe for some good surf and turf time to grab a Bite with Belkys.
Leisa Colombo Williams
The Chef: Michael Cerny
The Restaurant: Truluck’s in Ft. Lauderdale
The Dish: New York Strip with Seafood Dynamite Sauce
Ingredients:
1 each 14 oz New York Strip, patted dry
1/4 tbs. blackening seasoning
2 oz shrimp; peeled, deveined, and cut into bite sized pieces
1oz super lump crab meat
1oz lobster meat (claw, tail, and knuckle)
1 tsp. chives
3 oz Dynamite sauce
1/4 cup melted whole butter
1 tbs. Sriracha sauce
kosher salt to taste
course grind black peppercorns to taste
Dynamite Sauce
1/4 cup Kewpie mayonnaise
1/4 cup crème fraiche
1/8 cup Siracha hot sauce
1/2 tbs. fish sauce
1/4 tbs. soy sauce
1 tsp. parsley, chopped
1 tsp. chives, chopped
1/4 tbs. blackened seasoning
Method of Preparation:
-Start by sprinkling kosher salt and ground black pepper on a New York Strip steak. Put it under the broiler for about 5 minutes. Baste with melted butter and broil another minute or so. Take it out and let it rest.
– To make the Dynamite sauce, add crème fraiche, mayonnaise, blackening spice, soy sauce, fish sauce, parsley, chives and sriracha sauce. Mix well and set aside.
– In a hot pan, melt butter, add chopped shrimp and sear. Add the Dynamite sauce and mix well. When it starts to boil, turn off the heat and add jumbo lump crab meat, chopped lobster, salt, pepper and blackening spice. Stir well and it’s ready!
To Plate:
Chef plates the dish with mashed potatoes, the New York Strip, then tops it with the Seafood Dynamite sauce. Garnish with chopped chives and Sriracha sauce.
Serving suggestion: Cabernet
Serves: 2
Truluck’s
2584A East Sunrise Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304
396-5656
http://trulucks.com/pages/ft-lauderdale-florida