[Foodie Friday Recipe] Seared Ribeye With Cherry Sauce

Rose S. | June 15, 2018 | Real Food Recipes

Celebrate summer with this delicious seared ribeye with wine and cherry sauce – perfect for a date or special occasion!

This is the season for one of my favorite fruits: luscious, juicy cherries! Take advantage of the bounty and the deep, sweet flavor of these tasty treats in this richly flavored recipe. The fruit-forward cherry sauce is laced with red wine to bring out the complex depth of flavors in the fruit and veggies, and nicely compliment a perfectly seared ribeye steak.

This recipe is adapted from the new cookbook, Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World, by former White House chef and nutrition advisor, Sam Kass. Sam’s philosophy of food is to eat foods that you enjoy, seeking quality over quantity, and this philosophy applies to the meat in this recipe, which is recommended to serve 4, and should be accompanied by several vegetable-focused side dishes. Sam recommends limiting your meat consumption, and when you do eat meat, choosing the best quality and most sustainable sources that you can find (and afford).

Rib Eye With Cherry Steak Sauce

Yield: 4 servings, and 2 cups sauce
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

For the steak:
1 (1-pound) grass-fed or Thrive Market Ribeye Steak
Sea salt
Thrive Market Organic Ground Pepper
Thrive Market Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

For the cherry steak sauce:
1 tablespoon Thrive Market Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded, deveined, and chopped
2 garlic cloves, smashed
Sea salt
1 tablespoon Thrive Market Organic Tomato Paste
1 teaspoon Thrive Market Organic Ground Cumin
1 ½ cups fresh or thawed frozen pitted sweet cherries
¼ cup dry red wine
2 tablespoons Thrive Market Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar