Flank Steak Roll

What you will need:
A Flank steak
Gorgonzola cheese
Asparagus
A knife
Meat Tenderizer (a mallet if you don't have one)
Cooking Twine
Your favorite spices
A baking dish

I came up with this bad boy while walking around the store, taking stock of the things on sale. I also don't like just referring it as a roll so i will have to come up with a better name.

I found a beautiful flank steak, kind of like this. I think i paid around $16 for a 4 pound piece of meat, then I got a bundle of asparagus, also on sale and a wedge of Gorgonzola, not on sale. So far i have spent around $24 on this meal, wait forgot the wine, lets say $32. Don't forget to ask the meat department for some cooking twine.

Time to start cooking, i cooked the asparagus first. First things first wash them. Second, line them up on a cutting board make sure the tops of the spears are even, now cut the bottoms so that they are all nice and even. Now I like to cook them in a pan with an inch or so of water, I also like this method because I can use the same pan for cooking the roll, uh there is that word again. Once cooked take the asparagus and cool them by any means necessary, and do it quick.

Once you have the greens cooked take the flank steak and unroll it, mine was around 3 to 4 feet long so make some room. Now that you have this steak unrolled its time to pound it out, one of my favorite things to do in cooking. This is exactly what it sounds like, you are going to work out any aggression that you or the meat has stored up so just go to town. Now that it is pounded out, line the asparagus across the meat with equal spacing between each spear. Take that Gorgonzola and crumble it onto the meat and asparagus, use however much you want to use. I also used some garlic powder and pepper on the inside of the meat.

Now take one end of the meat and start rolling, like a sleeping bag you need to make sure that as you go it is actually rolling on itself nicely. Once you have reached the last spear roll at least another 3 inches, if you have left over steak you can make a nice appetizer. Now trim off any excess steak and set aside, cut the cooking twine into 3 equal parts and tie that bad boy up. This was my product

Now take that pan we cooked the asparagus in and empty out the water, throw some butter in there and set it to high. At the same time preheat the over to 350. Once the butter is all melted sear the our epic creation of cheese and meat. Once seared toss it in the oven and let it cook and you will know its done cooking once the cheese starts to bust from the sides, or after ~30 minutes. Once it looks done slice it and serve with what ever you like, or with my potato recipe.