steak on a stone

[sleep envy]

went to france and had the usual steak on a stone, what I want to know is;

- where can I buy a pierrade and

- what cut of meat was I eating (I'm guessing fillet)

[Plotloss]

Same thing as a raclette isnt it?

Tefal do a Jour De Fette which is an electric version.

I think the stones need a fire to get them hot enough.

[sleep envy]

nah, raclette is the really smelly cheese they heat with a lamp until it runs onto a plate

yeah, agree with the fire comment - heat it in the oven, then keep it hot with petrolium jelly

Edited by sleep envy on Tuesday 24th March 11:41

[Plotloss]

Well its a wheel of cheese you're supposed to sit by a fire but the meat you cook to go with a raclette is traditionally cooked on a stone thats been in/near the same fire you're using the melt the cheese.

We've got one of the electric ones, its alright all things considered.

[sleep envy]

ah gotcha

[pgtips]

We use one from here - http://www.stonegrills.co.uk/ - ours was approx £50 and came with petroleum burners.

Tend to cook thinnish strips of meat rather than steaks though. Heat in oven for 25 mins and then keep warm with burners. Works great and less smelly than raclettes and fondues.

[900T-R]

Steak on a stone at restaurant Pistenklause...

[sleep envy]

pgtips said:

We use one from here - http://www.stonegrills.co.uk/ - ours was approx £50 and came with petroleum burners.

Tend to cook thinnish strips of meat rather than steaks though. Heat in oven for 25 mins and then keep warm with burners. Works great and less smelly than raclettes and fondues.

yes, it was small strips

perfect - thanks

[escargot]

We got ours from France. It basically has a grill element below a stone. Gets nice and hot though after an hour on full whack. To aid cooking/nonstick/flavour I was taught to fry a few rashers of bacon on it first. Thin slices of veal cooked this way are superb.

[taldo50]

used to chef in a restaurant that did this (UK) they used to heat their stones in a great ruddy gas-fired pizza oven, i personally never rated it... however ive only got experience of cooking it there! who knows maybe eating it somewhere else will change my perception.

[sleep envy]

lots of salt helps to stop the food sticking