Surf and Turf

My brother and I decided to make a meal together last Sunday. We were all gung-ho and excited to try something new. The recipe? A delicious concoction of mussels sauted in Mexican beer. It had bold and spicy flavors and my mouth was watering! So off to the store we went. Between two stores we had managed to track down everything we needed... except the mussels. We couldn't find them anywhere!

So we switched gears and went with a simple surf and turf.

Ingredients:

• Mexican beer (we bought Negro Modelo for our mussels)
• Steak (I had sirloin in the freezer)
• Scallops
• Seasoning (Montreal steak is fantastic!)
• Red potatoes
• Worstershire sauce
• Salt, pepper, red pepper flakes

Directions:

• We used the beer as a marinade for the steak. Marinate for 30 minutes.
• A little bit of olive oil in a saute pan, add chopped new potatoes
• Give the potatoes a few squirts of worstershire sauce (I used a lot, but it can vary to your taste buds)
• Add salt, pepper, crushed red pepper and continue cooking potatoes until they are just barely fork tender
• Once the potatoes are ready, transfer to a cookie sheet that is lightly sprayed with Pam.
• Throw potatoes in the oven until they reach desired crunch
• Meanwhile, saute scallops in a little butter and olive oil until they are cooked through
• Once the potatoes are in the oven, add a little olive oil to another saute pan and sear the steak. Drew likes his medium rare so that was how we cooked it (about 5 minutes on each side)

And there you have it! Not really a wild adventure in cooking, but we had to deal with the cards we were dealt :)

Next time we will tackle something different (and hopefully find the ingredients we need!).