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Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue Recipe

Grilled Pesto Marinated Skirt Steak with Blue Cheese Fondue

Michael Chiarello

Recipe courtesy Michael Chiarello

Show: Easy Entertaining with Michael ChiarelloEpisode: Appetizers for Dinner

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  • on February 16, 2010

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    This was amazing. Everything about this meal was so fabulous. The fondue was the best I've ever had, and the steak made such a good pairing to it. We cut up apples and cubes of bread for the additional fondue, and it was a hit. I will do this often for dinners meant to impress!

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  • on July 05, 2009

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    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!

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  • on October 01, 2008

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    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!

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  • on April 27, 2008

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    I thought these were just okay, the sauce was really rich and overbearing.

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  • on February 25, 2008

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    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!!

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  • on February 17, 2008

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    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.

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  • on February 10, 2007

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    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.

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  • on February 03, 2007

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    Made this with Brie and it was absolutely delicious!!! Served with Cabs at a wine party

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  • on January 28, 2007

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    this recipe almost single handedly led me back to joining weight watchers. pesto on flank steak? dipped in blue cheese fondue... my shirt is drenched with drool as i type... try this and you'll try it again and again...

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  • on January 01, 2007

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    Every Michael Chiarello recipe I try (or taste makes me a bigger and bigger fan of his. A friend made this for our New Year's Eve appetizer last night and I wish we had skipped the lousy dinner I made and just eaten these all night. They are delicious. The bread bowl presentation is a hit, with the skewers sticking out around the bleu cheese dip. I already want to have this again. Try it, there's no one that could NOT love this!

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