Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Appetizers for Dinner

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Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

1 1/2 pound skirt steak, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices, room temperature
2 cups jarred pesto
Gray salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Blue Cheese Fondue, recipe follows

Soak 15 wooden skewers in cold water for 30 minutes. Heat the grill.

Thread the meat onto skewers, season with salt and pepper, and coat with the pesto. Grill to desired doneness. You can also cook the meat to medium rare then finish it off in the oven just before the party.

Cook's note: Have the butcher slice the skirt steak for you. Serve cooked meat skewered into a loaf of bread for a fun presentation next to the Blue Cheese Fondue. Other garnishes (like apple, etc.) can be arranged stabbed into the loaf as well.

Blue Cheese Fondue:

Cook's Note: You can make this sauce a couple of hours in advance but reheat it very slowly to prevent separation. A number of cheeses can be substituted for the Cambozola; try Brie, Blue Cheese, or aged English Cheddar. Alternatively, use this sauce as a base for lasagna, tossed with pasta and steamed asparagus, or spooned over grilled steak for a stunning accent.

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 pound Cambozola blue cheese, crumbled, or other blue cheese
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

In a small pan over medium-low heat, cook the butter, thyme, and garlic until the garlic is soft, about 2 minutes. Be careful not to let the garlic brown. Add the cream, raise the heat to medium, and bring the cream to a simmer. Cook until the cream is reduced by 1/3. Lower the heat to maintain a slow simmer. Add the cheese and stir until the cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth. Add the pepper and pour into a fondue pot set over low heat.

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recipe Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue
Magdeleine Voorhees, NJ 07-05-2009
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Excellent and easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

At the last minute we were having some friends over. The day before I made Pesto using basil from the garden. After cubing... the skirt skate we marinated the meat in the pesto for about 3 hours. In order not to waste the marinade I dredged the bread in the pesto marinade and placed it on the grill as well. Our friends could not get enough of the grilled bread with the fondue and steak. Since this is a rich dish for dinner I served it with a refreshing black bean and corn salad/w/ peppers, cilantro and lime. It was a refreshing contrast to the rich tasty steak. I would make this dish again!Read more
recipe Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue
tara pot, OR 10-01-2008
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Our Favorite Cheese Fondue
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've had so many friends and family over for this one. I actually tried using an aged white english cheddar instead of blue... cheese and it's finger lickin' good. I grill up chicken and beef, and roast mushrooms, potato slices, asparagus, broccoli, and get a yummy loaf of bread....and we dip it ALL! So good!! I've probably used this recipe 10 times! Im using it this month for a small baby shower dinner! Read more
recipe Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue
Anonymous 04-27-2008
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Just Okay
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I thought these were just okay, the sauce was really rich and overbearing.
recipe Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue
Anonymous 02-25-2008
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Great steak and fondue!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this recipe awhile back and I didn't make enough! Everyone was trying to be polite and not take more steak and the... fondue was really tasty!! The only thing i think i did was to grill the meat half way then added jarred pesto and still turned out really great. I will definitely make it again!!Read more
recipe Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue
Sean Houston, TX 02-17-2008
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Valentine?s Day
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I took some liberties with this recipe but used the blue cheese sauce (fondue) down to the penny. I marinated the Flank... steak in a food saver with the pesto sauce (I thinned it out with some flavored olive oil) for about 4 hours. The prep-time says 30 min, but I would allow 1.5 hours for the sauce. You talk about six people on a Valentine?s Day diner very happy? a day of love and cooking cannot get better than this.Read more
recipe Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue
JEAN Omaha, NE 02-10-2007
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Even My Kids Loved it
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My kids aren't picky eaters, but for some reason with cheese, they can't seem to stray away from American. We gave each... child one cube of bread with their steak, and maybe a teaspoon of the fondue, thinking we'd have the rest for ourselves. Wrong. They were begging for more. I can't believe how mellow it was. And how easy to make. We skipped the wooden skewers, and grilled the meat whole. We used 1 cup pesto before grilling as a marinade. After it rested and was carved we dollopped on maybe 1/4 cup additional pesto. We carved the bread into cubes and used the skewers that came with the fondue pot to make steak/bread kabobs. Needless to say, there were no leftovers.Read more