Steak Thread

[bluekite]

Best Fillet steak... medium rare in a home made pepper sauce

[Brazil_Saint]

Probably a bit late in the year for BBQ there, but caveman steak. Get your charcoal hot, and lie the steak directly on the charcoal embers - the ash does not stick to it, and it gives the best taste ever. Properly seared on the outside, but not burnt and as you like it in the middle. I was a little skeptical to start with, but having tried it, its my favourite way of cooking steak now.

[Corkhead]

Meat is murder.

[betalucky]

It's never too late in the year for charcoal barbecue, none of yer nancy-boy gas, which is just like cooking in the kitchen. Never heard of the "caveman" idea, but I must try it. The Brazilians, if that's where you are, do know a bit about cooking meat.

I don't eat red meat often, but a well-seasoned thin end of fillet, so it's almost a cube, cooked "black and blue" (scorched on the outside, still mooing in the middle). Or a good entrecote (which is more or less a ribeye ), cooked quickly to about medium-rare, just enough to dissolve the fat into the meat.

From grass fed cattle, and dry aged after slaughter.

My favourite place to eat it is a rather touristy Uruguayan-run restaurant in Spain, which puts Argentinian entrecote in front of punters for about 16 Euros a plate, served with a seven euro bottle of house red. Not the cheapest you can find in the area, but worth the extra few sovs. Happy days.

[chiswickmart]

Nice bit of rump(ooh err) I get the griddle very hot & add a very small amount of olive oil. Dry the steak, bit of seasoning & then cook for about 2mins 45 secs each side. Voila.
That equates to a medium steak in my language.

One of the tips I read from the research (this comes from Hawksmoor in London) is that you should use no oil for the cooking. If your griddle is hot enough then it won't be needed. If you want any then it suggests using a bit of fat from the steak.

It also suggests that we never season our steaks enough (I know I don't). Suggests the equivalent of 90% salt and 10% pepper and really put more on than you think would be acceptable. It will help form a lovely crust around the steak.

Very intrigued by the charcoal idea Brazil.

[Southerndown]

Meat is murder.

Are you Morrissey?

[Pentridge]

I remember watching a Jamie Oliver prog which was about him travelling across the States. When he got to Texas he went to a BBQ with the local rodeo people. They had a huge vat of incredibly hot oil on the go into which they dunked massive steaks (held in place on pitchforks!). After about 5 mins out popped a perfectly cooked (medium rare) steak. Oliver was quite dubious as to how it would taste but declared it delicious.

After digging about on the internet, I found that the Yanks also cook whole turkeys with the same method in about 20 mins!

[Corkhead]

True Pents. We have often had toikey cooked as you mentioned by the bro-in-law in Virginia. Not bad actually.

[Andy68]

Great Thread!

If I am at home it will probably be Rib Eye or Fillet on the BBQ. The wife loves Rib Eye.

Never use oil, put the meat straight onto griddle or rack of the bbq.

If I am eating out, the best steak I have eaten is at a steakhouse in Mayfair called Goodman, 400g Fillet with Beef Dripping Fries! Unbelievable, Rare to Medium with a great Red

Hawksmoor and Gauchos are not too shabby either.

Also if you ever happen to be in Battersea a fantastic little Argentinian steak house is Santa Maria Del Sur

I Love Steak

The Chaps from Hawksmoor (Turner & George) also have a butchers shop called The East London Steak Company and have just set up a shop in Selfridges on Oxford Street.

I love Meat!

[Scoular1]

I remember watching a Jamie Oliver prog which was about him travelling across the States. When he got to Texas he went to a BBQ with the local rodeo people. They had a huge vat of incredibly hot oil on the go into which they dunked massive steaks (held in place on pitchforks!). After about 5 mins out popped a perfectly cooked (medium rare) steak. Oliver was quite dubious as to how it would taste but declared it delicious.

After digging about on the internet, I found that the Yanks also cook whole turkeys with the same method in about 20 mins!

Yes have seen that...you need buy a special turkey vat.Trouble is the oil costs more than the Turkey.