Topic: Steak! How do you like yours?

[Geezah]

I just cooked myself a cheap cut of steak and it was one of the best I have had ever.
Morisons 'beefsteak', had a nice marbling and about 3/4" thick. ?2.46
Seasoned with salt, black pepper and garlic granules and fried, after I fried the onions, for 1.5 mins per side, seasoning the second side just before I flipped it.
Served with onions and 'double cooked'  chips, fried in lard.... it was awesome.

Now, I have had sirloin, t-bone, fillet and rib eye before and I can honestly say that this was as good as any of those in terms of flavour, tenderness and juicyness.

I cant be done with additional sauces, if its cooked right its served in its own sauce 

So whats your prefered cut and style?

[curryhell]

It's got to be t-bone.  If it has taste it won't need  a sauce.  Bleeding of course (that provides the gravy  ), or else it's dry and chewy.  Cooked in a little olive oil on a griddle and served with a large nob of garlic butter, chips and garlic mushrooms MMM, lovely.  Nearly as good as a chicken phall ;D

[976bar]

Wipe it's butt and pull the horns out!!!! lol

For me, I really love fillet, pink in the middle, with a nice crust on either side, along with a proper flambeyed Dianne Sauce, cannot be beaten in my opinion....

It's just a pity it's so bloody expensive these days

[mr.mojorisin]

rib eye
with a crust of crushed chilli, salt and coarse ground black pepper
cook in a hot pan for 3 mins both sides and serve with chips and green beans
used to like em well done but now i like em medium rare...

[976bar]

Hi MJ,

I've always found rib eye a bit too fatty, unless it's just me.

Went out for dinner just before Christmas and had Rib Eye which cost me ?22.00 in a restaurant and I could only eat half of it and sent the rest back.

What in your mind stands out as a Rib Eye please?...

[Geezah]

I do like a rib eye for the sweet flavour, but it has to be cooked hard and fast.

My cheap cut also allowed me to share it and get my kids appreciating the medium rare style (which they loved)

[Graeme]

Yes, rib eye has gone down the pan 
The last rib eye i had was also a waste of time, but i don't think it was always like that !

So its a think Rump (blue) with 2 fryed eggs with mushrooms with garlic for me.

[Whandsy]

In my opinion you can't beat a good butchers steak, I don't buy supermarket meat other than mince or chicken. The expense is noticeable but so is the quality, massive difference I feel.

I like mine served with a simple brandy peppercorn sauce that I make, which was shown to me by a chef a few years ago

simply delish

Anybody interested in the recipe shout up

[976bar]

Hi Whandsy,

Firstly, can you enlighten me as to what a Butcher's Steak is please? What part of the animal does it come from?

Secondly, I am always interested in new recipes so please post

[mr.mojorisin]

i used to get whole ribeye off the back of a lorry bound for Sainsburys every couple of weeks
can't remember the exact weight but it was big enough to get approx 20 No inch and a half thick steaks from it
all that for a measly ?20
my freezer was always full of steaks...so full in fact, i used to give em free to my neighbours