Santander Cheese Steak

Name: Santander Cheese Steak (Lomo Santandereano Gratinado)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Colombia
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon dried or fresh thyme; 1 teaspoon dried or fresh thyme; 2 bay leaves; 2 cloves garlic, minced; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and Freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and Freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and Freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and Freshly ground black pepper; 6 to 8 ounces Gruyère, Jack cheese, or mild or sharp cheddar cheese, cut into broad, thin slices; 6 to 8 ounces Gruyère, Jack cheese, or mild or sharp cheddar cheese, cut into broad, thin slices; 1 large or 2 medium-size luscious, red ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced crosswise; 1 large or 2 medium-size luscious, red ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced crosswise; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 6 to 8 ounces Gruyère, Jack cheese, or mild or sharp cheddar cheese, cut into broad, thin slices; 6 to 8 ounces Gruyère, Jack cheese, or mild or sharp cheddar cheese, cut into broad, thin slices; 1 center cut piece of trimmed beef tenderloin (about 6 inches long and 1½ pounds), or 4 thin New York strip steaks or skirt steaks (each about ½ inch thick and 6 to 8 ounces); 1 cup beef broth, preferably homemade; 1 cup dry red wine; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 center cut piece of trimmed beef tenderloin (about 6 inches long and 1½ pounds), or 4 thin New York strip steaks or skirt steaks (each about ½ inch thick and 6 to 8 ounces)

Lomo Santandereano Gratinado

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

Who says “kill all the lawyers”? (Actually, it was Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 2, but never mind.) The legal profession has done at least one positive thing to advance the art of grilling: It gave us Carlos Gómez. A tax lawyer by training, with a passion for barbecue in his private life, Gómez founded Bogotá’s popular Lomos restaurant in 1986. (Talk about an appropriate name—lomo means “beef tenderloin.”) For two decades, local writers, artists, politicians, and embassy type

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Americas
Colombia
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Gluten-free

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