Italian Meat Recipes - Milanese Steak (Bistecca Milanese) Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 rump or sirloin steaks

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 15 ml/1 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour

• 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 1 onion, chopped

• 6 large tomatoes, skinned and sliced

• 10 ml/2 tsp chopped fresh parsley

• 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp fennel seeds

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Method:

1. Pound the steaks out thinly and dip them in well-seasoned flour.

2. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan (skillet) with the butter. Add the onion and cook for 1 minute.

3. Brown the steaks on both sides and cover them with the sliced tomatoes.

4. Simmer for 5 minutes and add the parsley and the fennel seeds. Cook for 8-10 minutes until the meat is tender.