Miso marinated watermelon steak with butternut squash pancakes
Prep
12 hours 15 min
Total
30 min
Serves
4
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Ingredients
1 medium
ripe watermelon
1tbsp
miso paste
1 cup
red wine
1 tbsp
Dijon mustard
1 tsp
chopped garlic
1 splash
Worcestershire sauce
Pancakes
1/2 lb
roasted butternut squash, puree
1
large egg
1 tbsp
sour cream
salt and pepper
2 nubs
butter
Instructions
Special tools: Cast iron pan and a large zip lock bag
- Remove skin from watermelon, cut into steaks end to end two inches thick. Trim steaks 2 inches thick, by 2 1/2 wide by 4 inches long.
- In a ziplock bag mix red wine, miso, mustard, garlic, Worcestershire and hot sauce.
- Add watermelon and marinade for 12 hours.
- Remove, season with salt and pepper.
- In a medium low cast iron pan. Render the watermelon for 15 minutes, turn and repeat. Baste along the way.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk butternut squash, sour cream and egg.
- Slowly add flour until you get to a semi thick batter.
- In a medium low heat nonstick pan add a nub of butter and start silver dollar pancakes. Flip when you see small bubbles coming through.
- Cook for 1 more minute and serve with sauté greens.
- Remove steak from pan and let rest for 3 minutes, carve thin and plate with pancakes.