Gryphon Ranch Monthly Recipe & News

 

Balsamic Beef Steak Pasta  

  • 1 top sirloin steak (about one pound)
  • 1 1/4c balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil, divided
  • 1/2 cup minced shallots
  • 1 pound fresh asparagus
  • 1 fresh red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 5 cups cooked penne pasta
  • 1/4 c shredded Parmesan cheese (I used 3/4 c - we love cheese!)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Bring vinegar to a boil in a small saucepan.  Reduce heat,  Simmer over medium heat 12-15 minutes or until reduced to 3/4 c. Stir in sugar, set aside
  2. Season beef with 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper and garlic powder.  Broil steak until medium rare.  Carve steak into thin slices and keep warm.  I used my Foodi to broil the steak so that I had everything in one pot
  3. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in medium saucepan over medium heat.  Add shallots, cook and stir 2 minutes.  Stir in asparagus and bell pepper, cook 8 minutes until vegetables are al dente.  I did this in the Foodi on sear/saute.  
  4. Add cooked pasta, remaining 1 tablespoon oil and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt to the vegetables  Cook 3-4 minutes until vegetables and pasta are heated through.  Toss in Parmesan Cheese.  Serve sliced steak over pasta mixture, drizzle with balsamic glaze.  Garnish with basil as desired.  
  5. Enjoy!  We had leftovers and it was just as good on day 2. 

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We were very happy to have the Awana Sparks group visit us from Maranatha Baptist church.  

Frank DalMolin, President of the Gila County Cattle Growers receives a $1,360 check from Jim Ptak as the proceeds for the beef raffle.  This money will benefit the ranchers impacted by the 2021 fire and floods.  Thank you to all who participated.  

A quick update on the ranch. We have been working very hard to try and get operational. The barn, calf pens, and corral are all fully restored and operational. However some things are dependent on outside resources and we have wait in queue until it is our turn to get the resources here. To date we have had no assistance from the federal government even though it was the military that caused the fires. The county has funded some resource to help keep our roads passable. The definition for passable is that a passenger car can get through unfortunately that is insufficient for stock trailers and hay trailers.  

 

We still as yet have not had any funding to reimburse us for the work we paid for to get the road open when the floods started in July. We are told that we may be reimbursed which would be a blessing since all that work is coming out of our life savings. We have filed three times so far because the process continues to change so we wait for a response.

 

We had a successful harvest date this Friday and a stock trailer of Highland steers coming on Saturday so Jim worked hard to get the road passable for the trailers. The Highland came in a 30 foot stock trailer so we were really worried but Jim's hard work and a very skilled driver and we are pleased to announce the arrival of 8 beautiful steers.  Still we cannot get a hay truck through at all. Thankfully we brought hay in during June - after the fire and before the flood - and it looks like we may be able to hold out on feed until spring until hopefully we get some resources here to help. We know this will be a long road back. Again we wait for our turn.

 

We had hoped to be open in October for onsite visits but sadly the ranch still looks like a disaster area with dirt and rock piles, debris piled up to be moved and a temporary sifting operation set up. All the heavy equipment that we need is deployed elsewhere and we are waiting our turn for that equipment and operators We will advise when we can open again for visits. We hope we will work our way up the list before winter but at this point we are not too confident that will happen so it may be late spring before we can accept visitors again. Our priority right now is trying to get ready for what is forecast to be a very nasty cold wet winter. When the snow melts on the Pinal Mountains it will be coming directly to us. Nobody has any experience with the level of water we will likely see.

 

We are blessed that we did not lose any animals to the fire or floods and happy that we can do our part to support the other ranchers in the area who lost so much. Many ranchers lost their homes, grazing lands and cattle and are looking at closing down all operations. We are happy to report that we have delivered all beef promised on schedule during this whole disaster thanks to the wonderful team at Flying S Cattle Company.

A big step on the right road. We received steers from Northern Colorado to replace the animals lost this spring due to hay. Can't quite figure out why the feed supplier gets mad when I call it bad hay - not sure what else to call hay that kills 6 head of cattle. We were so glad to see that hay go away in June. Having that on the place added so much stress during the fire that someone would feed it and kill the cattle that survived the fire. We got a third of the hay replaced and now we are bringing in replacement animals. We are so happy with the quality of these 8 steers. We sent two of our best heifers back to Colorado to a show home. We can hardly wait to hear how they do up there. Welcome to Gryphon Ranch boys - hungry after their long trip. Next week 2 cows will be coming down from the Arizona high country to replace the two cows we lost to the hay.

Beef update

 

We are sold out for beef for 2021 and currently scheduling January and February 2022.  We are very pleased that we have been able to secure some purebred pasture raised Angus from a single rancher in Klondyke.   Purebred Angus are quite rare in this area of Arizona and this breeder does a wonderful job with them. He is in his 70's and we really like how he treats his animals and the quality of the beef.  However we need to let these boys grow up.  We are currently assessing the waitlist given that we were able to secure additional Highland steers.  Please let us know your needs and we can also put you on a wait list.  We thank everyone for your continued support.  

Steer Auction!!

We have been very active with 4H youth for many years and support their activity. One of our 4H youth, Tabitha, raised a steer for the Gila County fair this year and unfortunately the steer did not gain enough weight to be included in the 4H auction at fair.

 

Tabitha is raffling her steer and Gryphon Ranch is helping to get the word out and will pay the credit card fees for the raffle tickets sold on our website. Won't you consider taking a few tickets? Only $15 each.

 

The steer is currently 891 pounds. The winner of the raffle will get the live steer that can take the steer to the butcher of their choice to be cut and wrapped. The drawing will take place October 31.

 
Raffle ticket
Globe, AZ USA
253 279 3291

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