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Stacked Sweet Potato Steak with Gouda Cheese Sauce

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Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Sweet Potatoes

  • 2 cups peeled and diced sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup diced onion
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice (I used blood oranges)
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt

Steak

  • 1 pound skirt or flat iron steak cut into thin strips
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Cheese Sauce

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup shredded Old Amsterdam Classic Gouda

Garnish

  • 1/4 cup shredded Old Amsterdam Classic Gouda
  • orange zest
  • fresh thyme leaves

Instructions
 

Sweet Potatoes

  • Bring sweet potatoes and onions and enough water to cover it to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook until tender, about 12 to 15 minutes.
  • Turn off heat. Drain and return sweet potatoes and onion to the burner. Add butter, orange juice, salt and mash. Fold in cinnamon and thyme. Keep warm. While sweet potatoes cook, prepare steak and cheese sauce.

Steak

  • Heat a medium-sized skillet over medium heat for about 1 minute. Add oil and heat until oil shimmers, about a minute. Salt and pepper steak strips. Add steak to pan in a single layer and fry about 1 to 2 minutes per side to reach desired doneness. keep warm.

Cheese Sauce

  • Add flour to a 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat about 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add butter and continue cooking, stirring constantly to form a roux, about 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in milk. return to stove, reduce heat to low-medium and cook, stirring constantly until sauce starts to thicken, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add cheese, stirring until melted in and thoroughly blended.

Assemble

  • Use a ring mold or just mound desired amount of sweet potatoes onto a plate. Next, drape steak over top. Add cheese sauce over steak. Garnish as desired with zest, thyme and shredded cheese. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon if desired.