Had a big week at work so asked my wife to pick up a TBone for me and something for her. Now I like my steaks medium rare so was a little disappointed to see how thin the TBone was, however it had some nice marbling going on and she did get it from my regular butcher..
First off at 4 pm I hand cut some fries, gave them a first frying in peanut oil at 160 f then into the fridge for later. Got my cast iron pan to smoking then placed the Tbone on for a 2 min cook on first side. When I turned it I placed my wifes smaller bib eye beside it.
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I then placed the steaks on a timber board to rest while I gave the chips the second fry up, this time at a slightly hotter 170 f. I noticed that some of the fries were browner but this was due to poor knife skills on my part as a mate borrowed my chip cutter and not returned it! Anyway chips were placed in a bowl to drain on paper , paper was removed and chips tossed with fine sea salt.
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Although being medium rather than medium rare, the steak was VERY tasty and moist. I had to make a compromise between crust and cooking time due to the thin cut, but that is what happens when you send a woman to buy a mans steak!!!!!
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We enjoyed our steaks with a nice bottle of 2009 DeBortolli South Australian Shiraz which turned out to be a very nice match after a long hard week.
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Last edited by Bovvaboy; 04-16-2011 at 07:41 PM.
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