Pan-fried steak with coriander and pistachio pesto

Ingredients:

2 beef steaks
30 g butter

For the pesto
1 garlic clove
1 small bunch of fresh coriander
4 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp shelled unsalted pistachios
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation Time:

20 min

Cooking Time:

6 min

Take the meat out of the refrigerator so that it is at room temperature. Peel the garlic, wash the coriander and dry it in a paper towel.

Put the garlic clove, coriander, pistachios, olive oil, salt and pepper in the blender bowl. Blend for a few seconds until you have a coarse paste.

Heat the butter in a non-stick frying pan and once hot put the steaks in. Season and cook for 3 minutes.

Turn the steaks over, spread the pesto around them and continue cooking for 3 minutes.

This recipe is from Sophie's blog (http://wondersophie.typepad.com), a member of the Cook'n'Blogs network. It can be found at the following address: http://wondersophie.typepad.com/wonder_blog/2008/01/dulce-burger.html

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