Photo of your dinner (Vol 3)

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C70R

17,596 posts

104 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Blown2CV said:
Carl_Manchester said:
for these higher end farm 400g+ steaks you sear on both sides on the griddle then oven cook for 7 minutes. check it at 5 minutes.

for rare same process but reduce the oven cooking time to around 4 minutes.

for a 380g supermarket steak the griddle is fine as the meat texture and weight is different.
yea i don't think it worked.
Ditto. Reverse sear is infinitely better for a steak this size. Although a hotter pan would have probably improved this one.

C70R

17,596 posts

104 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
Blown2CV said:
Carl_Manchester said:
for these higher end farm 400g+ steaks you sear on both sides on the griddle then oven cook for 7 minutes. check it at 5 minutes.

for rare same process but reduce the oven cooking time to around 4 minutes.

for a 380g supermarket steak the griddle is fine as the meat texture and weight is different.
yea i don't think it worked.
I'm not a massive steak fan but it looks pretty good to me. Inside looks perfect.
For a steak like that (i.e. not a fillet), so much of the flavour comes from your ability to get a char on the outside (and get the Maillard reaction going).

Carl_Manchester

12,167 posts

262 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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when you are sat in Craft Steak in the MGM, it's not a rare sight to see a chef with a blow torch for steaks that need a little extra push.

when I am cooking for myself at home I am perfectly happy with just the griddle and oven approach and allow PH forum members to say that's it's blasphemy hehe


Raccaccoonie

2,797 posts

19 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Bought a pumpkin , chilli and sage pasta kit. I added garlic mushrooms, carrot and tomatoes.
Topped with lightly battered chicken chunks.

Yum yum.



nebpor

3,753 posts

235 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Had some lovely cooking chorizo, so removed it from its skin, crumbed it and fried it gently in loads of olive oil. Then added onion and courgette, again very low for 15 mins, then some more sweet paprika, tomato purée and a dash of sherry vinegar. Then put about half the jar of chickpeas in (including their lovely liquid) and heated them through. Served that with crusty bread


Made some mushrooms, served them with feta and rocket in lemon and vinegar for a starter. Went a bit far on the feta, should have dialled it back a little












ChemicalChaos

10,387 posts

160 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Shaw Tarse said:
ChemicalChaos said:
Sea Bass with a tomato and mozzarella crumb, and creamy mash with vegetable ratatouille.

It was a light and divinely tasty as it looks!

Looks good, but unless the unrevealed dishes have something hidden I'd be stopping https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... on the way home
I'd come from an afternoon tea and had consumed a couple of the complimentary bread rolls whilst I waited, so I was sufficiently sated by the end hehe


From the equally fantastic restaurant next door (both of these dishes being from a week in Playa Del Duqes, Tenerife), I present to you: baked (not grilled) long pork ribs on a bed of mediterranean veg, with a garnish of its juices. These are probably the best ribs I've ever had - including trips to America. There was so much meat on them, and were they both incredibly moist and delicately flavoured lick


paulguitar

23,289 posts

113 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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ChemicalChaos said:
Shaw Tarse said:
ChemicalChaos said:
Sea Bass with a tomato and mozzarella crumb, and creamy mash with vegetable ratatouille.

It was a light and divinely tasty as it looks!

Looks good, but unless the unrevealed dishes have something hidden I'd be stopping https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... on the way home
I'd come from an afternoon tea and had consumed a couple of the complimentary bread rolls whilst I waited, so I was sufficiently sated by the end hehe


From the equally fantastic restaurant next door (both of these dishes being from a week in Playa Del Duqes, Tenerife), I present to you: baked (not grilled) long pork ribs on a bed of mediterranean veg, with a garnish of its juices. These are probably the best ribs I've ever had - including trips to America. There was so much meat on them, and were they both incredibly moist and delicately flavoured lick

Looks good, but their 'plate' appears to be a motorway service station tray.





nebpor

3,753 posts

235 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Ain't no pork like Spanish pork!

CharlesdeGaulle

26,242 posts

180 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Last night I did bacon wrapped pork loin with herbs and mushrooms in cream sauce.



Pudding was pastel de nata (definitely not home made).


eskidavies

5,369 posts

159 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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Sweet potato wedges,chicken leg & corn ,all done in the air frier ,Cajun on the wedges and garlic butter on the corn , Nando’s on the leg ,



Carl_Manchester

12,167 posts

262 months

Monday 27th March 2023
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these home made pastries were lovely today and also, today marks the return of a long lost favourite, partly due to the south African wine ban of.....Jordan Chenin blanc.

once big staple of many a big city of London night out, a crowd pleaser and a nice mellow wine. it's too easy to inhale three bottles on a table of 4. At 14% it does the business in a very subtle way.


ZedLeg

12,278 posts

108 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Raccaccoonie said:
Bought a pumpkin , chilli and sage pasta kit. I added garlic mushrooms, carrot and tomatoes.
Topped with lightly battered chicken chunks.

Yum yum.


I can't fully explain how uneasy that bowl of food makes me. It's like staring into the void.

C70R

17,596 posts

104 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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ZedLeg said:
Raccaccoonie said:
Bought a pumpkin , chilli and sage pasta kit. I added garlic mushrooms, carrot and tomatoes.
Topped with lightly battered chicken chunks.

Yum yum.


I can't fully explain how uneasy that bowl of food makes me. It's like staring into the void.
It's the fusion that nobody asked for.

Blown2CV

28,786 posts

203 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Carl_Manchester said:
when you are sat in Craft Steak in the MGM, it's not a rare sight to see a chef with a blow torch for steaks that need a little extra push.

when I am cooking for myself at home I am perfectly happy with just the griddle and oven approach and allow PH forum members to say that's it's blasphemy hehe
you do you hun but it looks like you microwaved it

Carl_Manchester

12,167 posts

262 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Blown2CV said:
you do you hun but it looks like you microwaved it
This post was useful to me as I now never need to explain to SWMBO why I photograph each stage of the cooking process for each meal or, why I am home shopping for a kitchen blow-torch hehe

"because dear.....its PH and some of them are just savages......."

Here is the Steak on the Grill, for the sake of the thread, I won't post the additional photos of said controversial steak being cooked hehe


C70R

17,596 posts

104 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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I'm not a fan of griddles for cooking steak in general (I prefer as much surface contact and Maillard reaction as possible), but I suspect you'd have better results by getting that pan hotter if your hob and ventilation setup allows for it. I cooked a small piece of bavette for lunch last week, and had the pan screaming on the wok burner for 5min+ before the steak went in - windows and doors were open, along with the extractor at full whack.

nebpor

3,753 posts

235 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Carl_Manchester said:
This post was useful to me as I now never need to explain to SWMBO why I photograph each stage of the cooking process for each meal or, why I am home shopping for a kitchen blow-torch hehe

"because dear.....its PH and some of them are just savages......."

Here is the Steak on the Grill, for the sake of the thread, I won't post the additional photos of said controversial steak being cooked hehe

The problem is clear to see now - it's an electric cooker, so I'm guessing you live in low-quality accommodation, with cooking facilities more suited to heating pre-bought convenience foods, as opposed to raw ingredients.

You need to move. Use "gas range" as keywords on Rightmove biggrin

Blown2CV

28,786 posts

203 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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C70R said:
I'm not a fan of griddles for cooking steak in general (I prefer as much surface contact and Maillard reaction as possible), but I suspect you'd have better results by getting that pan hotter if your hob and ventilation setup allows for it. I cooked a small piece of bavette for lunch last week, and had the pan screaming on the wok burner for 5min+ before the steak went in - windows and doors were open, along with the extractor at full whack.
i'm not a fan either. I don't value griddle lines and that's about all it does. I prefer a flat pan for the full surface contact, which maximises the crust/caramelisation and to be able to accurately judge done-ness. Pan needs to be insanely hot as you say. Esp if it's reverse sear method as it really is only for doing the outside of the cut. For fattier cuts such as ribeye and the like, i prefer medium-rare to rare but it's non-negotiable for me to have fat properly rendered as ribeye has big lumps of it and if left white and soft it's just... not for me. This is why I am not as hot on the american prime rib type dish as it's just a massive slab of almost raw but very fatty meat.

Raccaccoonie

2,797 posts

19 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Merino rump lamb, garlic and tarragon celeriac mash, rosemary and mint roasted new pots. With veg.

Gravy and mint jelly added later. The lamb is the best I've ever had. ( Yes it was well done but still melts in the mouth)


BrabusMog

20,142 posts

186 months

Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Blown2CV said:
C70R said:
I'm not a fan of griddles for cooking steak in general (I prefer as much surface contact and Maillard reaction as possible), but I suspect you'd have better results by getting that pan hotter if your hob and ventilation setup allows for it. I cooked a small piece of bavette for lunch last week, and had the pan screaming on the wok burner for 5min+ before the steak went in - windows and doors were open, along with the extractor at full whack.
i'm not a fan either. I don't value griddle lines and that's about all it does. I prefer a flat pan for the full surface contact, which maximises the crust/caramelisation and to be able to accurately judge done-ness. Pan needs to be insanely hot as you say. Esp if it's reverse sear method as it really is only for doing the outside of the cut. For fattier cuts such as ribeye and the like, i prefer medium-rare to rare but it's non-negotiable for me to have fat properly rendered as ribeye has big lumps of it and if left white and soft it's just... not for me. This is why I am not as hot on the american prime rib type dish as it's just a massive slab of almost raw but very fatty meat.
You two would be hilarious dinner guests.