Rolled Flank Steak with Spinach

I was proud of myself with this meal... Hubs usually does most of the dinner making at our house. I really want to take some more responsibility for it (and some of the burden off him) so I made dinner the other night.

We love steak, there is no question about that. Than add in spinach, garlic, onion, chili pepper... its a match made in heaven!

Got the original recipe here... but made a few modifications. http://cfscceat.blogspot.com/2009/12/rolled-flank-steak.html

What you need:

Flank steak, (1-1/2~2 lbs.)

1 Bag of Spinach

5 Tsp Minced Garlic

1/2 diced yellow onion

3 tsp olive oil

1/2 tsp. red chili pepper

1 T almond meal

3 T dried parsley

ground pepper

sea salt

cooking string

What you do:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees

- Cook 3 pieces of bacon until crispy and set aside

- Saute 1tsp olive oil, onion and 2 tsp garlic

- Add spinach

- While that is cooking down pound our flank steak as thin as you can make it

- Add 2 tsp olive oil, 3 tsp garlic, chili pepper and almond meal to mini food processor to make paste

- Once spinach is cooked crush up bacon and add to spinach mixture

- Spread paste evenly on pounded out steak

- Spread spinach mixture over that

- Roll up (from the short end) and secure with string, I needed a second pair of hands to help with this one...

- Stuff what squishes out back into the ends

- Put in baking pan and bake for about 40 minutes (use a meat thermometer, you want 145 degrees)

- Let sit for 5 minutes than slice in in 1/4" pieces and serve