su-Beef, Broccolini, and Bread Salad with Salsa Verde
Photo: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Kevin Crafts
Chill Time 2 hrs Hands-on Time 40 mins Total Time 2 hrs 40 mins
AuthorElaine Johnson

Robust, briny, and herbaceous, Italian-style salsa verde usually gets spooned over vegetables and meats at the table, but it works beautifully as a marinade too.

How to Make It

Step 1
1

Make salsa verde: Whirl garlic and anchovies in a food processor until finely chopped. Add remaining ingredients and pulse until herbs are chopped.

Step 2
2

Prepare steak and salad: Pour about 1/3 cup salsa verde into a medium bowl. Chill remaining salsa verde, covered. Add steaks to bowl, turn to coat, cover, and chill at least 2 and up to 24 hours; let stand at room temperature during last 30 minutes.

Step 3
3

Heat a grill to medium (about 350°). Put broccolini on a rimmed pan and brush with about 1/4 cup reserved salsa verde. Brush bread with oil.

Step 4
4

Grill bread, broccolini, and steak, turning once, until bread is browned and crisp (5 to 8 minutes), broccolini is tender-crisp and tops are lightly charred (about 10 minutes), and steaks are medium-rare (12 to 17 minutes). Transfer to a board as done; tent steaks with foil and let rest 5 minutes.

Step 5
5

Cut bread into small chunks and cut broccolini into 2 or 3 pieces on a diagonal. Slice steaks diagonally across the grain about 1/2 in. thick, then cut pieces in half.

Step 6
6

Toss watercress in a large bowl with enough of reserved salsa verde to coat lightly, then transfer to a platter or plates. Toss bread, broccolini, and steak with remaining dressing and arrange over watercress.

Ingredients

  SALSA VERDE
 5 garlic cloves
 4 anchovy fillets
 2 cups loosely packed flat-leaf parsley sprigs
 1/3 cup capers
 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
 1 teaspoon kosher salt
 1 teaspoon pepper
  STEAK AND SALAD
 1 1/2 pounds boneless New York strip steaks, fat trimmed
 1 1/2 pounds broccolini, ends trimmed
 5 slices (1/2 in. thick, 9 oz. total) pain au levain or other rustic bread
 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
 2 1/2 qts. loosely packed watercress sprigs

Directions

Step 1
1

Make salsa verde: Whirl garlic and anchovies in a food processor until finely chopped. Add remaining ingredients and pulse until herbs are chopped.

Step 2
2

Prepare steak and salad: Pour about 1/3 cup salsa verde into a medium bowl. Chill remaining salsa verde, covered. Add steaks to bowl, turn to coat, cover, and chill at least 2 and up to 24 hours; let stand at room temperature during last 30 minutes.

Step 3
3

Heat a grill to medium (about 350°). Put broccolini on a rimmed pan and brush with about 1/4 cup reserved salsa verde. Brush bread with oil.

Step 4
4

Grill bread, broccolini, and steak, turning once, until bread is browned and crisp (5 to 8 minutes), broccolini is tender-crisp and tops are lightly charred (about 10 minutes), and steaks are medium-rare (12 to 17 minutes). Transfer to a board as done; tent steaks with foil and let rest 5 minutes.

Step 5
5

Cut bread into small chunks and cut broccolini into 2 or 3 pieces on a diagonal. Slice steaks diagonally across the grain about 1/2 in. thick, then cut pieces in half.

Step 6
6

Toss watercress in a large bowl with enough of reserved salsa verde to coat lightly, then transfer to a platter or plates. Toss bread, broccolini, and steak with remaining dressing and arrange over watercress.

Beef, Broccolini, and Bread Salad with Salsa Verde

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