Minute Steaks With Spaghetti - cooking recipe

Ingredients

10 tbsp olive oil
1/3 lb mushrooms, halved or quartered depending on size
1 None onion, peeled and finely diced
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
5.25 oz sliced ham, diced
3 tbsp tomato paste
3/4 cup dry white wine
3/4 cup vegetable stock
1 cup fresh oregano, a little reserved for garnish, remainder chopped
7 oz spaghetti
3.5 oz slightly stale ciabatta, ground to fine breadcrumbs
3.5 oz Grana Padano cheese, grated
8 - 2.75 oz minute steaks
4 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 None eggs, beaten

Preparation

For sauce, heat 2 tbsp oil in a saucepan and saute mushrooms for 5 mins. Add onion, garlic and ham and cook for 2 mins. Add tomato paste. Add wine and stock, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 mins, stirring occasionally. Add oregano.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling salted water according to package instructions. Drain and return to pan.
For steaks, mix breadcrumbs with cheese. Season steaks then roll in flour, eggs then the breadcrumb mixture. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and sear 2 steaks, turning, for 5 mins, until golden brown on both sides. Repeat with remaining steaks and oil.
To serve, toss pasta with 3/4 of the sauce. Arrange steaks and pasta on serving plates and garnish with oregano. Serve with remaining sauce.