Ostrich Steak with Greens

Name: Ostrich Steak with Greens
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 steaks (350g) Ostrich Fillet; sliced (200g) Mushrooms; a large bag (200g) Spinach; 1 1/2 tbsp (25g) Butter; 2 cloves, crushed (12g) Garlic; 1 tbsp (15g) Balsamic Vinegar

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A red meat from a bird, leaner than chicken breast, and ruined by anything past medium rare.

Allergens and patterns

Contains milk, sulphites. Fits: Gluten-free.

Ingredients

2 steaks (350g) Ostrich Fillet — Red meat with less than 3g of fat per 100g and more iron than beef. That leanness is why it goes from perfect to grey in about a minute.
sliced (200g) Mushrooms — Browned in the pan after the steaks, picking up everything they left behind.
a large bag (200g) Spinach — Wilted at the last moment, in the same pan.
1 1/2 tbsp (25g) Butter — Spooned over the steaks in the last minute. Something this lean needs fat added from outside.
2 cloves, crushed (12g) Garlic — In the butter as you baste, not earlier — it would burn in the time the pan needs to be that hot.
1 tbsp (15g) Balsamic Vinegar — Into the pan at the end to make a quick sauce from the fond.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 332.5 kcal
Protein: 46.5g
Carbohydrate: 4.5g
of which sugars: 2.8g
Fat: 12.9g
of which saturated: 7.7g
Fibre: 5.5g
Sodium: 222mg

Method

Bring the steaks to room temperature and dry them well.
Sear in a very hot pan for about 2 minutes a side for medium rare, adding butter and garlic to baste at the end.
Rest the meat 5 minutes — this is not optional on a cut this lean.
Brown the mushrooms in the same pan, wilt the spinach through, then deglaze with the balsamic and pour over.