El Gaucho Salad Recipes

EL GAUCHO SALAD

Steps:

• Put the olive oil, vinegar, salt, and oregano in deep bowl. Mix well.
• Cut the avocados in half and and then into medium pieces. Add the avocado to the vinaigrette and mix.
• Rip lettuce into bite-size pieces and put into large bowl.
• Add the tomatoes, olives, and vinegar with avocado to the bowl.
• Mix the ingredients together so that all is covered with vinaigrette
• Add cheese to the top of the salad and serve.

BIG-BATCH ROQUEFORT DRESSING

Steps:

• Mix mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, green onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic powder together in a large bowl; season with salt and black pepper. Fold cheese into the mayonnaise mixture.

STEAK GAUCHO-STYLE WITH ARGENTINIAN CHIMICHURRI SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat a grill.
• Place all chimichurri sauce ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse until well chopped, but not pureed. Reserve.
• Dissolve cayenne pepper and salt in 1 cup hot water. Transfer to a squeeze container.
• Place the steak directly over a hot grill, baste with the chimichurri grilling sauce, and grill until the outer portion of the meat reaches the desired degree of doneness. Remove the steak from the grill and slice long strips from the outer edges of the steak. Instruct guests to pick up a steak slice from the cutting board with their fingers, place it on a slice of baguette, and enjoy. Return the remaining steak to the grill, baste, and grill until more of the steak is cooked. Remove and repeat the slicing and serving procedure until steak is consumed. For extra spicy steak, baste 2 or 3 additional times with the cayenne pepper mixture during grilling process. Spoon chimichurri sauce over steak. (Also brilliant on any grilled fish or chicken)
• Recommended beverage: Argentinian Malbec (red)

EL GAUCHO'S WICKED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Coat prawns in flour.
• Heat clarified butter or vegetable oil on high heat.
• Add prawns to saute pan.
• Coat with steak seasoning (your favorite store brand like Lawry's or Johnny's will work fine).
• Add garlic to pan.
• To make the spice mixture, mix cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
• Grind them together in a spice grinder or food processor.
• Top prawns with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the spice mixture.
• Add white wine, beer and Worcestershire sauce to pan.
• Simmer 2-3 minutes until prawns are cooked.
• Swirl in butter to finish the sauce.
• Serve with a thick rustic bread.

WEDGE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, shallots and vinegar in a small bowl, and shower with salt and black pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Cook the bacon in a sauté pan until crisp on both sides, then drain on a paper towel. Crumble when cool, and set aside.
• Make the dressing. Put half the cheese into a medium-size bowl, and mash with a whisk. Add the buttermilk, mayonnaise, olive oil, hot sauce, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce, then mash and whisk the dressing until it is mostly smooth. You may wish for a little more hot sauce, lemon juice or Worcestershire, to taste. Then whisk again, and set aside.
• Assemble the salad. Place one wedge of lettuce on each plate, and gently spoon dressing over it. Sprinkle each wedge with crumbled bacon, the dressed tomato halves, the remaining blue cheese and some minced chives.