Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, brad's marinated flank steak & ravioli marinara. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook brad's marinated flank steak & ravioli marinara using 32 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara:

1. Get For the steak
2. Take 3-4 lb flank steak
3. Prepare 3 cloves minced garlic, divided
4. Get 2 tbs olive oil
5. Take 1/4 cup red wine, I used cabernet
6. Get Sea salt and white pepper
7. Get 1/2 tsp rubbed sage
8. Make ready 1 tsp red chili flakes
9. Prepare 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
10. Make ready 1 tsp each, dry thyme, oregano, and parsley
11. Take 3 basil leaves, bruised
12. Get 8 lg crimini mushrooms, sliced thin
13. Take 1 medium sweet onion, sliced thin
14. Make ready 1 tsp brown sugar
15. Take For the ravioli
16. Get Proper servings of desired ravioli
17. Take 2 lg can crushed tomatoes
18. Take 1 medium can of fire roasted diced tomatoes
19. Take 2 small shallots, minced
20. Make ready 3 cloves minced garlic
21. Prepare 1 tbsp butter
22. Prepare 4 Roma tomatoes, cut into 1 " squares
23. Prepare 2 beef bouillon cubes
24. Get 2 chicken bouillon cubes
25. Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
26. Make ready 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
27. Make ready 2 tbsp sugar
28. Take 1 tsp each, dried mustard, salt, pepper
29. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp each, dried oregano, dried thyme, chili powder
30. Prepare 6 lg fresh basil leaves, chopped
31. Get 1 1/2 cup red wine
32. Take 1/2 cup quality parmesan cheese, grated

Instructions to make Brad's Marinated Flank Steak & Ravioli Marinara:

1. Marinate the steak. Add all ingredients for steak except mushrooms, 2 cloves garlic, onions, and brown sugar in a large ziploc bag. Mix well and add steak. Remove as much air from bag as possible. Place in fridge overnight.
2. When ready to cook, start with the marinara sauce. Heat a lg Dutch oven over medium heat. Add olive oil and shallots. Saute until shallots sweat off but do not brown. Add garlic and saute a couple more minutes. Add rest of ingredients except ravioli and parmesan cheese. Bring to a simmer and adjust seasoning to taste. Simmer at least an hour, covered.
3. Heat 2 lg frying pans over medium heat and get 4 qts salted water on to boil.
4. Add 1 tbs oil to each pan. Be careful when you add the steak to the pan. The oil may pop a bit. Add the mushrooms and onions to the other pan. Cook steak until it browned well on all sides. If pan is oven safe. Put into a 375 degree oven on the middle rack for 8-10 minutes. Saute mushrooms and onions until the water has sweated off.
5. Turn heat to medium low. Continue to saute until you start to see caramelization. Add remaining garlic and brown sugar. Saute until well caramelized.
6. Meanwhile cook ravioli per instruction. Drain and rinse in hot water.
7. Remove steak from oven and let rest for 5-7 minutes covered with foil. Slice.
8. Plate ravioli, top with sauce. Garnish with parmesan fresh basil and olives (optional). Plate sliced steak. Top with onions and mushrooms. Serve immediately. Enjoy.

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