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Just because you may not have every gadget or trendy tool spilling out of your kitchen drawers, doesn't mean you can't create delicious meals with a little ingenuity.
Toasting and grinding your own spices to rub on steaks insures bold flavor. If a spice grinder or mortar and pestle are not available, simply crush spices with the bottom of a heavy pan. You may also like to try tying some rosemary sprigs together to use as a basting brush.
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
1 teaspoon coarse salt, plus more as needed
4 New York strip steaks, about 8 ounces each and 1 inch thick
2 heads radicchio, quartered lengthwise through the core
1 tablespoon honey
Juice of ½ a lime, about 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more as needed
2 long sprigs each rosemary and thyme, tied together with twine
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 ounces crumbled blue cheese, about 1/3 cup
1. Heat a small skillet over medium high heat. Add cumin, coriander, and peppercorns and swirl pan to lightly toast until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Cool and grind spices using the bottom of a heavy pan. Add salt to spice rub. Lightly brush steaks with olive oil on both sides, and rub steaks evenly with spice rub. Let stand 10 minutes.
2. Prepare a charcoal or gas grill with one side high heat, one side medium heat. Grill steaks over direct high heat, turning once until medium-rare, 6-8 minutes. Remove from grill and let stand 3-5 minutes.
3. Whisk honey, lime juice, Dijon, and olive oil together until combined; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Using herb brush, coat radicchio with vinaigrette and grill, turning often until soft and charred, about 5 minutes. Continue brushing radicchio with dressing as it cooks.
4. For blue cheese butter, mash butter and blue cheese together with a fork in a small bowl.
5. To serve, divide steaks and radicchio among 4 plates. Drizzle greens with additional vinaigrette; top each steak with a heaping tablespoon of blue cheese butter.