Hello & Garlic Basil Toasted Beef Sandwiches

Hello All! Welcome to my blog! I am Meg Klees. I love to cook and more recently I have thought that it would be neat to start a blog where I try new recipes and talk about them or put my own recipes on. Sometimes with video sometimes just pictures. Comment, share recipes and try the recipes i put on here all would be greatly appreciated.

Okay so here is the first recipe I will post. This is a recipe my fiance, his father and I tried last night. We printed the recipe at our local Tops Grocery Store and tried it out. The recipe I am pasting in here is from The Beef Checkoff which is the same place that Tops had gotten it from so it is the same recipe.

Garlic-Basil Toasted Beef Sandwiches

Total recipe time: 1-1/2 to 2 hours  
Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients

1-1/2 pounds beef eye round or bottom round steaks, cut 3/4 to 1-inch thick
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon pepper
1 cup water
4 crusty rolls (4 inches long), split
Sliced tomatoes (optional)

 Garlic-Basil Mayonnaise

1/2 cup reduced-fat or regular mayonnaise
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1 teaspoon minced garlic

Instructions

1. Combine 2 tablespoons garlic and pepper; press evenly onto beef steaks. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Place steaks in skillet; brown evenly. Season with salt, as desired.
2. Add water to skillet; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover tightly and simmer 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours or until beef is fork-tender.
3. Meanwhile combine mayonnaise ingredients in small bowl. Spread cut sides of rolls with mayonnaise mixture. Place on baking pan so surface of rolls is 3 to 4 inches from heat. Broil 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned. Place sliced tomatoes on bottom half of rolls, if desired.
4. Carve steaks into thin slices. Divide steak slices evenly over roll bottoms; top with some of the cooking liquid. Close sandwiches. Serve with remaining cooking liquid for dipping, as desired.

Okay so I pressed my own garlic and fearing that I would not have enough I cut the amount of garlic used to rub on the Beef. A good thing too, it had plenty of garlic in this.We also did not use a bottom round or eye round cut we used a chuck steak we had in the freezer and that worked very well. After getting the steak in the pan and browned and the water added I was able to sit and take a short break before making the mayonnaise. The cook time is long but it is well worth it. When I made the mayonnaise I realized that this was the first time I had ever used basil in my cooking. How fragrant it is! The mayonnaise is delicious the garlic and basil combine in such a way that the mayonnaise is packed with flavor. When It called for the mayonnaise to be heated with the bread I was a little skeptical because most of the time you do not want mayonnaise to be heated but this made it taste even better. I was the only person who ate the garlic mayonnaise because my fiance and his father are a little picky. Boy what they were missing out on. The flavors of the steak and the mayonnaise and garlic and basil all together made this sandwich to die for. Though the garlic is not agreeing with me today, I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

We had enough left over for me to bring the ingredients for lunch. I did not have a toasted roll or warm mayonnaise but it was still as delicious as it was last night. Here is a picture of my sandwich from today. I forgot to take one last night.

Well that is all for today. Hope you enjoyed this and I hope you decide to try this recipe. Til next time.