This week is all about food you can make for your Valentine if you are the type that prefers to stay home instead of fight the crowds. My husband and I usually stay in on Valentine’s Day and go out for a nice dinner on a different night so we don’t have to wait an hour to eat. I always like to make a special dinner for him and one that includes an appetizer, main course, and of course dessert. Yesterday I shared one of the dessert recipes I plan to make and today I’m sharing the appetizer, Steak Crostini with Blue Cheese Sauce.
Steak isn’t something I make very often. I actually don’t crave red meat very often and usually just stick to poultry or fish. My husband however LOVES steak and burgers and anytime the opportunity presents itself he indulges in it. Normally when I cook steak it’s for a special occasion whether it’s his birthday or in this case Valentine’s Day.
This Steak Crostini with Blue Cheese Sauce is a really simple, but incredibly flavorful appetizer. If you love steak and blue cheese then you will fall in love with this little bite! For me the blue cheese sauce is what makes the crostini so special. The sauce is a combination of crumbled blue cheese, Greek yogurt, light mayonnaise, low fat cream cheese, worcestershire, and chives. You put all of the ingredients in the food processor or blender and blend it until it’s smooth and creamy. I was eating this stuff with a spoon! It has the perfect amount of blue cheese flavor and chives and it’s all balanced out with the tang and creaminess of the yogurt, mayo, and cream cheese.
Assembling the crostini is easy. Salt and pepper your steak then broil it in the oven for about 3 minutes on each side. Remove it from the oven and let it rest before slicing it, you don’t want to lose all the amazing juices! While the steak is resting drizzle your slices of baguette with a little olive oil, then put them under the broiler just until they are golden brown. Don’t walk away from the crostini or you’ll end up with black bread rather than golden…speaking from experience. When the crostini is ready, remove it from the oven and spread a thin layer of the blue cheese sauce on top. Slice the steak thinly and put a couple of slice on top. Finish the crostini off with another little dollop of the blue cheese sauce, a few blue cheese crumbles, and a couple snippets of chives.
I absolutely loved everything about this appetizer! From the ease of making it, to the heavenly flavor combination of the steak with the blue cheese on top of a perfectly toasted slice of baguette. If you plan to make an appetizer for your Valentine’s Day dinner, this Steak Crostini with Blue Cheese Sauce is definitely worthy of the occasion!
Steak Crostini with Blue Cheese Sauce
A quick and delicious appetizer for all the steak and blue cheese lovers!
Ingredients
Blue Cheese Sauce
- 1 ounce low fat cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup plain non fat Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
- 1 ounce blue cheese, crumbled
- 1 tablespoon chives, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- Pinch of black pepper
Steak and Crostini
- 1/2 pound strip steak, flank steak, or steak of choice
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 12 slices whole wheat baguette
- Olive oil for drizzling
- Extra blue cheese crumbles and chives for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to broil.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and spray it with cooking spray.
- Sprinkle both sides of the steak with the salt and pepper then place it on the prepared baking sheet.
- Broil the steak for about 3 minutes on each side depending on how thick it is.
- Remove the steak from the oven and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- While the steak is resting place the baguette slices on a clean baking sheet and drizzle them with olive oil.
- Place the baguette slices under the broiler and brown them until golden.
- Remove the baguette slice from the oven and set aside.
- In a blender or food processor combine all of the blue cheese sauce ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Spoon about 1/2 a teaspoon of the blue cheese sauce on one side of the crostini.
- Top each crostini with two thin slices of steak.
- Top the steak with another 1/4 teaspoon of the blue cheese sauce, crumbled blue cheese, and more chives.
- Serve immediately.
More Appetizers:
Sausage and Gorgonzola Stuffed Mushrooms
Prosciutto Wrapped Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates
Spinach and Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Grilled Pear and Gouda Crostini with Honey and Thyme
These little crostini’s look delicious! I love the combination of steak and blue cheese so I can imagine they tasted divine.
Thanks Thalia! Steak and blue cheese are always a great pairing!
HA! Zach and I do the same thing on Valentine’s Day. We aren’t into the “crowds.” Haha, I love it. These crostini though? They are so up my alley! Making asap!
Thank girly! Nothing is worse than having to wait an hour to get seated when you are already starving!
I am a huge fan of crostini and these little steak bites looks perfect! I love the addition of the blue cheese sauce!
Thanks Ashley! The blue cheese sauce was my favorite part!
Me and my boyfriend also stay home for Valentine’s day. This is such a great appetizer idea!
Staying in seems to be the way to go. Go out and celebrate on a day when everyone else isn’t!
These look incredible! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Thanks Jessica! I can’t wait to make them again they were so good!
What an awesome idea, love these!
Thanks Matt! I love a good appetizer with steak and blue cheese!
YUM. I love steak crostini… especially with blue cheese! These looks delicious – your photos are beautiful too!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jenn, you are too sweet!
Ohhhhh man. We are twins. I don’t care for red meat (and actually just found out I am allergic to it, so it works out! ha.), but the hubby loves it! I do crave it every now and then but these crostini’s are calling my name! The flavors are spot on!
Thanks Meg! Red meat definitely isn’t my #1 craving, sadly it’s ice cream…can I be allergic to that?! ;-)
These have to be made for the husband and I ASAP. They look amazing.
Thanks Carrie! My husband totally flipped for them, being the steak lover that he is!
OH these look so good! I would totally eat these as my main course :)
Thanks Julie! They are definitely filling enough for a main course1