Bookmakers toast recipe (Served in 15 minutes)
Our Bookmakers toast is the most impressive, mouth-watering, easy-to-prepare open steak sandwich recipe you are definately going to want to try.
Equipment
- Kitchen scale (makes it easy to measure eveything)
- Stick blender or high-speed blender
Ingredients
- 2 lamb leg steaks approximately 150g each / 2cm thick, alternatively use beef fillet
- 8 oven roasted tomatoes from a jar, or approximately ΒΌ of a cup each
- 65 g of lambs lettuce
- 2 slices of sourdough / Italian toasting bread
- 2 egg yolks
Bookmakers toast sauce
- 60 g of tomato sauce
- 20 g of Dijon mustard
- 30 g of cream cheese - Full fat
- 3 small cornichons, grated
- 15 g of fresh grated horseradish plus extra for garnishing
- 2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
Fry the steaks
- Allow the steaks to get to room temperature.
- Place a frying pan on a high heat and leave for up to 5 minutes.
- Rub a couple of tablespoons of olive oil over the steaks and season with salt and pepper.
- Place the steaks in the pan and turn regularly for 2-3 minutes for medium rare. Leave longer for a more well done steak.
- Remove from the heat and place on a wooden board to rest for at least 5 minutes.
Make the sauce
- Place all the sauce ingredients together and blend to a smooth paste with a stick blender. (If you are using a high-speed blender, double up on the ingredients so it can mix)
Make the Bookmakers toasts
- Place the sliced bread in a toaster or under the grill and toast until browned but not burnt.
- Spread a spoonful of the sauce over the toast then top with the tomatoes and lettuce (or how you would like to present them).
- Slice the steak into 1 cm slices and arrange on top of the toast.
- Place a tablespoonful of sauce in the middle of the steak slices and indent a small well and place the egg yolks on the sauce. Grate with a little more fresh horseradish.