CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It wouldn’t be Friday without something good cooking in the kitchen! Today Melanie and Andy Tritten join us from Cannizzaro Famiglia. “We are making a dish called Steak Pizzaiola” says Melanie. She adds” this dish originates from Naples - where Pizza was born.” Pizzaiola translates to Steak Pizza Style. Andy adds “this can be done with pork, chicken or fish too but today we are sticking with steak.”
Steak Pizzaiola is a great dish to do with tougher pieces of beef like chuck roasts where you would really cook that beef in the sauce for a few hours, like an Italian style pot roast. One favorite cut of meat to use is the Flank. It is a nice tender cut that can be seared in a cast iron skillet and served mid-rare” says Melanie. She adds “like a lot of the recipes we do, we have simplified the classic recipe as our sauces contain most of the ingredients in the recipe.” Also this recipe is great to serve over Polenta or your favorite pasta and don’t forget to pair it with your favorite red wine. For more great recipes visit Cannizzarofamiglia.com.
Ingredients
1 piece flank steak (however big or small you want it)
1 pint Cannizzaro Mushroom Marinara Sauce
1 pint Cannizzaro Arrabbiata Sauce
Salt & Pepper
Crusty Bread & Grated Parmigiano Reggiano for serving
Also great to serve over Polenta or your favorite pasta. Oh and wine - lots of your favorite red!
That's it! Everything else you need is in the sauces.
Directions
Heat your cast iron pan (or grilling works too) to medium high heat. Generously salt & pepper both sides of your flank steak. Drizzle the pan with olive oil and place your steak in the pan. Leave alone for 4-5 minutes, depending on the thickness. Flip and leave alone again for 4 minutes. Move steak to a cutting board to rest for 5 minutes. In the same cast iron skillet (remove from heat first), empty the contents of both jars of sauce. Slice your steak at a bias in thin slices and place in sauce. When hot ( but just hot so as not to overcook your steak), serve with bread for sopping up that delicious sauce, over pasta or polenta.