Cooking A Good Steak
11-29-2010
, 04:18 PM
Yeah in all honesty I forgot to pick up stock at the supermarket because I thought I had some at home (nope, threw it out like a week ago, sigh) and didn't want to buy a huge bottle of brandy to put in barely any at all. It was weird but fine.
The steaks themselves were not high quality. That's why I'm calling this a test run. I'll head to whole foods and pick up the good ingredients later this week.
And yeah, I really really like peppercorns.
The steaks themselves were not high quality. That's why I'm calling this a test run. I'll head to whole foods and pick up the good ingredients later this week.
And yeah, I really really like peppercorns.
11-29-2010
, 06:24 PM
11-29-2010
, 11:18 PM
Cooked a New York strip tonight. This displays my method which includes cloves of garlic and butter. Just throw a couple cloves of garlic in the pan before you add the steak and they give their flavor to the oil a bit. Butter to finish before it goes in the oven. Only spent 1 minute in the oven.
Another tip I picked up from a Bistro Laurent Tourondel vid on youtube was to just lightly push the steak all over once you place it in the pan. This ensures that its contacting the pan and you get a sear everywhere. NYs tend to stick up in spots that don't touch the pan even if the steak does appear perfectly flat.
Another tip I picked up from a Bistro Laurent Tourondel vid on youtube was to just lightly push the steak all over once you place it in the pan. This ensures that its contacting the pan and you get a sear everywhere. NYs tend to stick up in spots that don't touch the pan even if the steak does appear perfectly flat.
11-30-2010
, 12:27 AM
11-30-2010
, 02:03 AM
had never tried the pan sear method before, found this awesome thread and gave it a shot today with a london broil.
it was the best steak i've ever made for sure. i'd like to say it looked like mrw's, but really it looked more like pauwls. then just now i was high and had leftover steak from earlier, so i made a cheesesteak from here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/e...ipe/index.html
and it was awesome
also tried ketchup, mustard, and various other condiments on different parts of 1 of the 2 sandwiches. mustard was the worst, and no condiments was the best imo
as soon as i get my cell phone charger i'm repeating the process replete with EXTREME MEAT CLOSEUPS
+1 meat thermometer FTW
for lack of photos:
it was the best steak i've ever made for sure. i'd like to say it looked like mrw's, but really it looked more like pauwls. then just now i was high and had leftover steak from earlier, so i made a cheesesteak from here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/e...ipe/index.html
and it was awesome
also tried ketchup, mustard, and various other condiments on different parts of 1 of the 2 sandwiches. mustard was the worst, and no condiments was the best imo
as soon as i get my cell phone charger i'm repeating the process replete with EXTREME MEAT CLOSEUPS
+1 meat thermometer FTW
for lack of photos:
Spoiler:
Last edited by shermanash; 11-30-2010 at 02:09 AM.
11-30-2010
, 09:22 AM
Another cast-iron seared NY strip with steak butter. Strip was kind of a poor cut but was cheap so not too unhappy. With a side of pan-seared Delmonico potatoes (recipe earlier itt) and sauteed mushrooms and leeks. Was more red than it appears in pic. FWIW, the steak butter has a little bit of lemon juice in it but not enough to make it lemony.
11-30-2010
, 03:04 PM
12-01-2010
, 01:37 AM
wife asked me to cook dinner for her tonight since she was working late, so the dogs and i thought itd be a good opportunity to take some pictures.....so dont be too critical!
i make a pretty good vodka sauce, so she asked for a side of pinwheel pasta a la vodka sauce. she likes hers a medium-ish so you can see the difference in the two ( i HOPE anyways...im sure ill hear about it from stinkypeter)
pics taken on iphone
i make a pretty good vodka sauce, so she asked for a side of pinwheel pasta a la vodka sauce. she likes hers a medium-ish so you can see the difference in the two ( i HOPE anyways...im sure ill hear about it from stinkypeter)
pics taken on iphone
12-01-2010
, 01:38 AM
