Grilled Strip Loin With Blue Cheese Butter

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• salt and pepper
• 2 slices steaks (1 inch thick)
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup crumbled stilton cheese
• 1 tablespoon walnuts, toasted and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 blue cheese butter:.
• 2 mash butter, stilton cheese, walnuts, and parsley together in a bowl.
• 3 scrape onto plastic wrap and roll into a log, 5 inches long and refrigerate.
• 4 steak:.
• 5 in large shallow dish whisk oil, vinegar, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper together.
• 6 add steak, turn to coat evenly and let sit for 30 minutes or cover and refrigerate up to four hours.
• 7 place steak on greased grill preheated to medium high for about 10 minutes.
• 8 turn once half way through the cooking time (this is for rare).
• 9 cut steaks in half crosswise and remove to plate.
• 10 top each with a few slices of blue cheese butter. let it melt on them for a minute before serving.
• 11 refrigerate any left over butter for another use (keeps up to 2 weeks, and is delicious in mashed potatoes or spread on a bagel).