Serves 1 as an entrée or 2 as an appetizer
  Ingredients
    For Steak
  
          - 4 oz sirloin steak
 
          - 1 tbsp sea salt
 
          - 1 tbsp ground star anise
 
          - 50/50 canola & olive oil blend 
 
      
  For Butternut Squash & Cipollini Onions
  
          - ¼ cup butternut squash, cubed
 
          - 2 cipollini onions
 
          - 50/50 canola & olive oil blend 
 
          - pinch of ground star anise
 
          - pinch of salt
 
      
  Serving Suggestions
  
          - cocoa nibs
 
          - melted bittersweet chocolate
 
          - butternut squash purée
 
          - fried & salted squash seeds
 
          - coarse sea salt
 
          - microgreens
 
          - cocoa powder
 
          - ground cinnamon
 
          - pumpkin seed oil
 
      
 
  How-to
  
    
	Prepare Sirloin 
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		Preheat oven to 350º
 
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		Season steak liberally with salt and ground star anise on all sides
 
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		Heat a small sauté pan over medium high, and coat with a 50/50 canola and olive oil blend. Sear steak 30-60 seconds on all 4 sides until browned
 
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		Transfer to a cool baking dish and place in the oven for 4 minutes, flip steak, and cook another 4 minutes
 
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		Remove steak to paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess juices and let rest for about 4 minutes before slicing
 
	Prepare Butternut Squash & Cipollini Onions
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		Bring a small pot of water to a rolling boil and have a bowl of ice water ready
 
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		Drop cubed squash into boiling water, and reduce heat to medium. Allow heat to come back up to a rolling boil and cook for squash for 4 minutes
 
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		Remove squash to ice water until chilled. Drain and place on a paper towel-lined plate to absorb water
 
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		Coat onions (in skins) in olive oil. In a pan over medium-high heat, allow to sauté until the skins begin to pull away from the flesh
 
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		Remove onions from pan and allow to cool before removing skins and quartering
 
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		Coat a small sauté pan with 50/50 canola and olive oil blend over medium-high heat
 
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		Add dried butternut squash and sauté 1 minute
 
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		Add quartered onions, season with salt and a pinch of star anise, and sauté 1 minute more
 
	Garnish & Serve
	- 
		Slice sirloin into 4 pieces against the grain
 
	- 
		Top with butternut squash and cipollini onions. Garnish with as many or few of the suggested ingredients and serve
 
   
 
           
                                
          
    
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