Crab Stuffed Steak With a Bearnaise Sauce

Gluten Free
Health score
13%
Crab Stuffed Steak With a Bearnaise Sauce
50 min.
2
496kcal

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Looking for a luxurious and gluten-free appetizer to impress your guests? Look no further than this delectable Crab Stuffed Steak with a Bearnaise Sauce! This elegant dish, perfect for serving at your next dinner party, is both flavorful and sophisticated. With a total time of just 50 minutes, it's also surprisingly easy to prepare.

This recipe serves two and clocks in at 496 calories per serving. It's versatile, fitting seamlessly into various meal categories as an antipasti, starter, snack, or appetizer. The star of the show is, of course, the crab-stuffed steak, which is seasoned to perfection and wrapped in bacon for an extra layer of flavor. The stuffing itself is a delightful mix of king crab legs, celery, garlic, and fresh parsley, creating a symphony of tastes that will tantalize your taste buds.

The Bearnaise sauce, a classic French accompaniment, is made from a 23g sachet mix that you'll combine with dry white wine, lemon juice, and cream to create a rich, tangy sauce. It's the perfect complement to the steak, adding a depth of flavor that elevates the dish to gourmet status.

Don't forget the baby asparagus spears, wrapped in bacon and roasted to tender perfection. They add a delightful crunch and a pop of color to the plate, making for an aesthetically pleasing and well-rounded meal.

Serve this Crab Stuffed Steak with Bearnaise Sauce over a bed of creamy mashed potatoes, topped with the juicy steak, roasted asparagus, and a generous drizzle of the Bearnaise sauce. It's a dish that promises to delight your senses and impress your dinner guests with its gourmet flair. So why not elevate your next gathering with this delicious and elegant recipe?

Ingredients

  • 20  asparagus 
  • slices bacon 
  • small rib celery stalks chopped cut in half, then thinly
  • medium surimi crab sticks (read description above.)
  • teaspoon tarragon dried
  • tablespoons wine dry white
  • teaspoons parsley fresh finely chopped
  •  garlic clove crushed
  •  spring onion sliced
  • teaspoon horseradish 
  • teaspoons juice of lemon 
  • 0.5 teaspoon lemon pepper 
  • 50 ml cream light (I used reduced fat.)
  • servings olive oil 
  • teaspoons parsley 
  • 23 bearnaise sauce mix (mine was 23g sachet made up 300ml, I added 200ml of milk and made up the last 100ml of liquid from t)
  • fillet fat-trimmed beef flank steak thick
  • dash all the tabasco sauce you handle 
  • tablespoon citrus champagne vinegar 
  • teaspoon worcestershire sauce 

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • sauce pan
  • oven
  • whisk
  • stove
  • meat tenderizer

Directions

  1. Make stuffing.
  2. Remove crab from legs, break meat up.
  3. Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan, add celery and onion cook 1 minute, add garlic cook for a further 2 minutes stirring or until celery and onion soften.
  4. Add parsley, pepper and crab, stir to combine, remove and set to one side.Steaks.
  5. Cut steak horizontally through the middle being careful not cut all the way through. Open steak out so it is butterflied, take a meat mallet and pound to flaten slightly.Divide stuffing mix between the 2 steaks, placing it on one half of the steak, fold the remaining half over the top.
  6. Spread half a teaspoon of horseradish over the top of each steak, wrap 2 bacon rashers around each one to secure.Cook steaks in a hot pan 2 minutes each side to brown,
  7. Place steaks in oven proof dish and cook in a pre-heated oven of 180 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes depending on how thick they are for a nice pink centre.Sauce.
  8. Pour bearnaise into a saucepan, add 200ml of milk whisk to combine, heat stirring until sauce starts to thicken.
  9. Add sauce, juice, wine, vinegar, Tabasco, cream and herbs, cooking stirring until mixture thickens. Sauce can be left on a warm stove to keep warm, just stir occasionally.Asparagus.Trim ends of asparagus, take 5 spears and wrap a slice of bacon around to secure, repeat with remaining asparagus and bacon.
  10. Place in an oiled oven proof dish and cook for 10 minutes. They are cooked at the same temp as the steak so I just pop them in when the steaks have 10 more minutes to go.To
  11. Serve: I served mine over mash, topped with the steak, place asparagus on top and drizzle with sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Calories496kcal
Protein8.89%
Fat73.76%
Carbs17.35%

Properties

Glycemic Index
171
Glycemic Load
1.93
Inflammation Score
-9
Nutrition Score
20.854347830233%

Flavonoids

Malvidin
0.02mg
Catechin
0.23mg
Epicatechin
0.17mg
Eriodictyol
0.37mg
Hesperetin
1.21mg
Naringenin
0.22mg
Apigenin
0.46mg
Luteolin
0.02mg
Isorhamnetin
9.12mg
Kaempferol
2.4mg
Myricetin
0.08mg
Quercetin
23.74mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:495.69kcal
24.78%
Fat:39.77g
61.19%
Saturated Fat:12.83g
80.2%
Carbohydrates:21.04g
7.01%
Net Carbohydrates:16.99g
6.18%
Sugar:8.65g
9.61%
Cholesterol:58.1mg
19.37%
Sodium:369.46mg
16.06%
Alcohol:3.09g
100%
Alcohol %:1.21%
100%
Protein:10.78g
21.57%
Vitamin K:105µg
100%
Vitamin A:1668.79IU
33.38%
Vitamin E:4.33mg
28.84%
Manganese:0.51mg
25.72%
Iron:4.62mg
25.65%
Vitamin B1:0.38mg
25.28%
Folate:99.23µg
24.81%
Vitamin C:17.14mg
20.78%
Selenium:13.95µg
19.93%
Vitamin B2:0.33mg
19.62%
Copper:0.38mg
18.8%
Phosphorus:187.96mg
18.8%
Vitamin B6:0.37mg
18.31%
Vitamin B3:3.66mg
18.29%
Potassium:586.25mg
16.75%
Fiber:4.06g
16.22%
Zinc:1.75mg
11.7%
Magnesium:42.6mg
10.65%
Calcium:95.06mg
9.51%
Vitamin B5:0.81mg
8.13%
Vitamin B12:0.38µg
6.29%
Vitamin D:0.33µg
2.19%
Source:Food.com