Just in case I might need it, does anyone have a good recipe for steak?
I don't usually eat red meat, so I am clueless.

Zygo help me out, you MUST have a good recipe for cooking great big slabs of red meat???

Thanks.

Well it's been a long time since I ate a really big chunk but in my experience the best way to cook a big steak is to braize and grill it.
Don't use any extra seasoning except a little salt and make sure to put either melted butter or olive oil all over it (that way it doesnt dry out)
Then put it in a really hot frying pan for a few seconds on each side just til it starts cooking,Take it out and put some more Olive oil or butter on and put it in under a medium grill tightly, but still flat, wrapped in foil so that it keeps all its juices inside.

turn it over after a little while and stab with a knife to see how cooked it is.
Depending on how cooked you or your friend want it, check for a little redness in the juice for a rare to medium rare steak and for clear juices for a fully cooked one.
One last thing if you want a really good steak buy it from a butcher not the supermarket.
It will have been better looked after at the butchers (supermarkets just chill everything and that doesn't give the best results with steak)

Oh and try asking the butcher about cooking times he/she will know how long to do it for each thickness of meat.

Hope that helps.

Zygo

I knew it....You meat maniac.

I knew you'd know how to cook huge amounts of meat.

It sounds really good. I think I'd have to cook it completely through though. I'm not good with blood all in my food.

Thanks for your post.

Faith.

Your welcome.

You can do it another way round too by slow cooking in a casserole with loads of onion and carrot.
Put enough water in with some stock to half cover the meat then cook it really slowly on about 150C.
Take it out half way through and turn it over.
The whole process will take a couple of hours.
It should just simmer until it's cooked through (same -*test*-('") as before) then you can eat it like that or just before you serve it give it a nice hot blast with a frying pan to give the outside a bit of colour.If you use butter it can't be too hot because it goes burnt but olive or sesame oil will take some high heat and give a nice browning to the steak.
Done like that most meats kinda melt in your mouth .....mmmmhhhhhmmm.

I dont like undercooked meat either ....icky stuff

Zygo


I like this thread ....my mouths watering.

You are a bit of a secret Galloping Gourmet aren't you?

Both those recipes sound really yummy.
Especially the last one.