Steak with Mustard Butter; Grilled Kale & Eggplant Salad

CPARKTX

I really like French bistro style dishes, so this steak recipe caught my attention. It called for a thin ribeye, but while at Central Market I saw a Wagyu (-style, USA) steak that looked better and was slightly less outrageously priced; I got one of those and had the butcher cut in into two thinner steaks.

I was looking for an appropriate side and had recently bookmarked this eggplant & greens recipe, and I thought the sharpness of kale would balance out the rich steak. I grilled the kale; it only took a couple of minutes raised direct and turned out great. The recipe called for Japanese eggplant; I have no idea what that is and apparently neither does Central Market, so I grabbed three different baby eggplants. The fresh mint and lemon were amazing on this.

Sadly it was only after dinner that I realized I had forgotten the spiced yogurt dressing in the refrigerator! It was great without it, but I'm curious how it would have been as intended. Served with a fresh French baguette and bottle of French wine from the "cellar" (okay, wine cooler).

Not a bad meal!

RaleighGuy

Great looking meal and good choice of wine from the "cellar" !

CPARKTX

Blame it on the wine, I forgot the links to the recipes:

Steak: http://food52.com/blog/10261-david-lebovitz-s-steak-with-mustard-butter

Salad: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/grilled-eggplant-and-greens-with-spiced-yogurt?mbid=social_20140717_27962146

caliking

That mustard butter sounds like it would be great on steaks.

This is what Japanese eggplants look like:

Kroger or HEB has them here.  Otherwise your local Asian grocer will definitely have them. We have been using them even in our Indian dishes, because we like the flavor much more than the standard eggplant.

grill4us

Thanks for the links. Dinner looks great. Gonna wanna give this a try.