THE STEAK THREAD, served a la Man

[hornetrider]

Holy cow, that is some slab of meat.

[Truckosaurus]

TeeRev said:

Prime rib for two

Two? Prime Rib for a week, more like!

(it looks perfect though)

[HarryFlatters]

hornetrider said:

Holy cow

Well put

Looks amazing

[soad]

TeeRev said:

Prime rib for two, cooked and carved French style in a restaurant in La Plagne for my birthday dinner. It was superb and the wild mushroom sauce served with it was a really intense flavour. Proper man food!

No french fries? What's the world coming up to?

[TeeRev]

There was a massive basket of french fries for us all to share in the centre of the table but there just wasn't any room on my plate for them along with the meat.

My friend and I started eating properly with knives and forks but I'm afraid we ended up caveman style, just grabbing hunks of meat and tearing chunks off with our teeth, very satisfying for us but slightly disappointing for our wives, tee hee.

Here's a photo of some pieces of the meat on my plate with a smear of the mushroom sauce.

[PurpleMoonlight]

TeeRev said:

Here's a photo of some pieces of the meat on my plate with a smear of the mushroom sauce.

Sorry, but that looks like it walked to the table under it's own steam.

[krallicious]

480g US ribeye with salady stuff and Cafe de Paris butter. It was quite lovely.

[Barchettaman]

Flensburger, nice choice.

[krallicious]

Barchettaman said:

Flensburger, nice choice.

Not as good as the Dunkel though.

[new_bloke]

Last night's effort. Venison marinated in red wine and herbs, served on a bed of sautéed mushrooms. It was a lot rarer than it looks in the photo...

[PedroB]

SWMBO Dad's 60th last weekend. He always complains he never gets steak so here we go:

Six of The Ginger Pig's finest centre cut fillet steaks, these are about 10oz each. I'd normally opt for ribeye or sirloin but fillet was requested



Cooked:

[6th Gear]

I need a steak.

[HarryW]

PedroB said:

SWMBO Dad's 60th last weekend. He always complains he never gets steak so here we go:

Six of The Ginger Pig's finest centre cut fillet steaks, these are about 10oz each. I'd normally opt for ribeye or sirloin but fillet was requested



Cooked:

At last a piece of steak that looks like it's been cooked properly.....


far too many raw not rare steaks for my liking on the thread.....

[expensivegarms]

PedroB said:

SWMBO Dad's 60th last weekend. He always complains he never gets steak so here we go:

Six of The Ginger Pig's finest centre cut fillet steaks, these are about 10oz each. I'd normally opt for ribeye or sirloin but fillet was requested



Cooked:

Is the meat good from there? Was given the recipe books for Christmas which is fantastic, but haven't got round to getting hold of meat from there yet! I'm trying to work my way through it, but it's proving difficult as the missus doesn't eat meat

[krallicious]

HarryW said:

At last a piece of steak that looks like it's been cooked properly.....


far too many raw not rare steaks for my liking on the thread.....

Depends what you like really. That filet looks good but, for me, it has been cooked too long. Filet just need to graze a smoking pan or eaten raw

[peter tdci]

expensivegarms said:

Is the meat good from there? Was given the recipe books for Christmas which is fantastic, but haven't got round to getting hold of meat from there yet! I'm trying to work my way through it, but it's proving difficult as the missus doesn't eat meat

The quality is good and the prices aren't over the top.

I'm a fan - the branches I've been to are basically very good butchers. They routinely stock the cuts you won't see in many other places - like pig and ox cheeks and beef short ribs. And, if they have them, they'll sell you chicken carcasses or beef bones for stock for very little.

It seems that they are heading towards becoming a 'brand', so I don't know if that will change things, but their sausage rolls are still epic! I'm currently pondering about signing up to one of their butchery classes!

[jogon]

expensivegarms said:

Is the meat good from there? Was given the recipe books for Christmas which is fantastic, but haven't got round to getting hold of meat from there yet! I'm trying to work my way through it, but it's proving difficult as the missus doesn't eat meat

We have one near us in Clapham and it is good I think their bacon and other pork cuts on offer are better than the other local butchers along with the french muscovy duck they stock but not a fan of their sausages.

Good range of chickens from those yellow corn fed french birds, local free range and also the 100 day old birds you slow cook but I prefer the Sutton Hoo available from another local butcher.

As for beef it varies I was in this evening and they had very little on offer as it was near closing time though other times you can get some british rib eye that has marbling not too different to kobe. They also offer forgotten cuts we had a chuck steak roast on the bone a few weeks back that was incredible.

[expensivegarms]

Thanks guys, it sounds as if I definitely have to go there, even if it's just for sausage rolls! A favourite of mine. Like I say, the book is fantastic, well worth getting. Not only is there recipes, but it talks about the months of the year and how things change throughout the year which is really interesting!

[LordGrover]

HarryW said:

PedroB said:

At last a piece of steak that looks like it's been cooked properly.....


far too many raw not rare steaks for my liking on the thread.....

Yep, looks perfect to me.
I know many prefer blue and even raw meat, but that is what I'd expect if I ordered rare.

[toohangry]

HarryW said:

At last a piece of steak that looks like it's been cooked properly.....


far too many raw not rare steaks for my liking on the thread.....

Agreed - there's a lot of jelly/fleshy looking middles. This is perfect for me.