Steak - what to serve?

[LS24]

We have friends coming round for dinner on Saturday night and I am thinking of doing steak. What would you serve with it - veg, pots, sauce and any suggestions for a dessert?

[crappyday]

I would do chips (good quality) or wedges, grilled giant mushrooms, maybe a creamy mustard sauce in a little jug, or a red wine sauce, pea, onion rings.
(Ravenous now!)
Pudding- Eton mess cos I love it. Or delias chocolate torte, with fruit salad option for dieters.

[crappyday]

Peas. One pea would seem a bit mean.

[Procrastinatingpeacock]

Fries. Bearnaise sauce. Salt. Veg is superfluous imo but if you feel you have to then maybe some wilted spinach?
Some kind of rich chocolatey pudding.
Mmmmmm.

[poptartsmart]

Chips! Nigella cold oil style are really easy www.nigella.com/kitchen-queries/view/Cooking-Fries-Starting-With-Cold-Oil/3913 Prep and dry the chips in advance

And I'd do a sort of minted crushed pea puree thing with watercress and avocado as a side.

Dessert a lemon torte.

Or this Heston choc and passion fruit pud which is really easy and can be made in advance www.channel4.com/programmes/how-to-cook-like-heston/articles/all/exploding-chocolate-gateau-recipe

[poptartsmart]

Skip the step on the heston thing where he sprays the whole bloody thing - I usually just brush melted choc round to cover the base

[Germgirl]

Dauphinoise potatoes, roasted vine tomatoes, roast mushrooms, rocket salad.
One of my favourite dinners of all time.
You could maybe have a peppercorn sauce but tbh if you make the dauphinoise nice & creamy you won't need an extra sauce.

Or lovely chips plus onion rings, mushroom, peas & salad. Old-skool but a classic for a reason :)
For dessert I think I'd do a lemon tart if doing the Dauphinoise, if you do chips then follow it with something else retro, Black Forest gateau or chocolate mousse maybe?

[crappyday]

I soooo want steak right now.
With any of these suggestions!

[LS24]

Oh yum...making me feel hungry now. Has anyone a good recipe for stuffed mushrooms or a diane sauce? Looking at the pudding recipes now...yummy!

[littleducks]

steak with fried/grilled onions
peppercorn sauce
garlic mash
mushroom
asparagus/green beans

my favourite dinner

[IvyWall]

This is a fab rocket and horseradish sauce. You just bung all the ingredients into a blender

www.ottolenghi.co.uk/rocket-and-horseradish-sauce-shop

[lavendersun]

We are having steak tonight, with mushrooms cooked in butter and garlic and then put in a ramekin and baked with a bit of dolcelatte on the top until the cheese melts. Steamed shredded cabbage and finely chopped leeks and crushed new potatoes.

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Fries definitely, or a mustardy mash. Asparagus, big mushrooms and the rocket and horseradish sauce sounds fab. Not Dauphinoise, too rich.

[Ragwort]

lavender - that sounds wonderful and has completely put me off my re-heated shepherd's pie from last night .

[lavendersun]

Very sorry Ragwort! DH is home tonight for the first night in 10 days and I am leaving in the morning for two nights. I thought I should make a bit of an effort tbh as I am sure that he will be having reheated shepherds pie tomorrow .

[Ragwort]

lavender - I hope you have a lovely evening. I was going to ask if this was a special meal or the sort of thing you ate every night.
I am going to copy your mushroom in a ramekin idea - but not tonight !

[ArcheryAnnie]

Best thing wiith steak: baked potatoes with sour cream and chives or spring onions, plus a good dark green salad.

[lavendersun]

Oh, absolutely every night Ragwort , says Lavender the not so domestic goddess. In truth I do try to make an effort once a week.

The mushrooms are divine, I made it up one day when the cheese was looking a bit old and we loved it.

We are both really busy at the minute, have barely seen each other for the last month . It won't be forever though so it is fine I suppose.

[Tomodachi]

I always do salads: grated carrot, cucumber in soy sauce, tomatoes, potato, maybe garlic bread. All made in advance then just cook the steaks.

[cdtaylornats]

Chunky chips and a fried egg.

[Germgirl]

We went out to a local Italian restaurant last night, an unexpected midweek treat :)
Anyway, I had fillet steak with Gorgonzola sauce with rosemary roast potatoes, roasted vine tomatoes & spinach salad. It was bloody lovely. If highly recommend that as a way to serve steak.
Hope you enjoyed your dinner op.

[Germgirl]

Oops! Hope you enjoy your dinner on Saturday op!! :)

[LS24]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. They are all fab. Just hope it all turns out ok. I am not a Nigella! Lol!