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How to Cook Steak

How to Cook Steak

This is a great guide from Gordon Ramsey on how to prepare the best steaks.

INGREDIENTS

STEAK
oil
1 whole garlic clove
herb sprig
butter, for fillet or rib-eye steaks

METHOD

STEP 1

Choosing your steak
Rib-eye: The chef’s favourite. Allow 200-250g per head to allow for trimming. This cut has an open-fibre texture and a marbling of creamy fat. Cook with the surrounding fat still attached, then remove after cooking, if you prefer. The fat adds flavour as well as basting the meat during cooking.
 
Fillet: Allow 100-125g per head. It is very lean and, because it has short fibres, very tender. I like to cook my steaks split in half lengthways, not the usual round medallion shape.
 
T-bone: Generally 350-400g each, including bone. It has a good marbling of fat with a layer of creamy fat on one side – this should be left on for cooking, then removed if you like. You get about 200-250g of meat, with a sirloin on one side of the bone and a fillet on the other. You also get some marrow in the bone which can be spread on the cooked meat.
 
STEP 2
To cook your steaks, heat a frying pan – to a moderate heat for fillet, hot for T-bone or very hot for rib-eye. Add a swirl of oil, with a whole garlic clove and a herb sprig. Season the steaks with salt and pepper and cook for 1½-2½ mins on each side. For fillet steak, cook the rounded edges too, turning to seal them well.
 
STEP 3
If you’re cooking fillet or rib-eye steaks, add a knob of butter to the pan, allow to foam a little and baste the steaks. T-bone steak has plenty of fat, so simply spoon it over the meat as it renders down. Remove steaks to a plate and allow to rest for at least 5 mins. Trim off any unwanted fat.
 
STEP 4
Slice fillet or rib-eye steak along the grain, then arrange on a plate with your chosen sauce and side dish. My personal preferences are for rib-eye with mushrooms and the shallot & red wine sauce; fillet steak with oven chips and bois boudrin; and T-bone with wilted spinach and mushroom sauce.

 

Originally found at: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/gordons-mix-match-steak

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