How do you like your steak ?

finix

I am watching Mary Berry cooking steak on BBC2 and she only cooked them for less than 2 minutes on each side. She then cut one in half and proclaimed ''Perfect'' It was red raw in the middle ! ! Why bother cooking them ? Just eat it raw ! I could not eat a steak unless medium at a minimum.
Am I missing something ? How do you like your steak ?

SCOOP 64

Well done, no blood.

marvsins

Medium rare with a bit of blood to mix in with the mashed potatoes.

billie1b

Roasting hot barbecue, 3/4 to 1 inch thick piece of steak, brush one side with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, place on bbq for 3 minutes on olive oil side, just before the 3 minutes is up on the cooking side, brush the raw side with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and turn over, cook for 3 minutes.
After the 3 minutes, remove from bbq, place on a plate, smoother in bluecheese sauce with a side if chips and homemade battered mushrooms. Honestly you cant go wrong

Faith

Rare to medium rare, at most. Can't be doing with chewy, stringy overcooked steak!

finix

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Well done, no blood.

Kindered spirits !:)

finix

marvsins wrote: »

Medium rare with a bit of blood to mix in with the mashed potatoes.

Ah No !

dee_mc

Rare, yummy!

jimboblep

cut off the hooves and wipe its arse

finix

billie1b wrote: »

Roasting hot barbecue, 3/4 to 1 inch thick piece of steak, brush one side with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, place on bbq for 3 minutes on olive oil side, just before the 3 minutes is up on the cooking side, brush the raw side with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and turn over, cook for 3 minutes.
After the 3 minutes, remove from bbq, place on a plate, smoother in bluecheese sauce with a side if chips and homemade battered mushrooms. Honestly you cant go wrong

Roasting Hot BBQ ? I might manage that. I like the bluecheese and mushroom bit !

finix

Faith wrote: »

Rare to medium rare, at most. Can't be doing with chewy, stringy overcooked steak!

What defines rare ?

corsav6

Well done, not a trace of pink.

Faith

finix wrote: »

Ah No !

Once you get accustomed to it, you'll wonder how you ever ate it any other way. Until I was about 18, I only ate cremated steak. Now I'd rather throw it out than eat well done steak*.



*I'd still eat it though, because it's bloody pricey.

billie1b

finix wrote: »

Roasting Hot BBQ ? I might manage that. I like the bluecheese and mushroom bit !

Yeah, only way to eat steak, it could be snowing and ill light up the bbq for it, have done before. Can't eat it any other way

Faith

finix wrote: »

What defines rare ?

MissFlitworth

Rare, seared on the outside but pink all the way through. Although I don't like it cool in the centre so maybe my rare is another person's medium rare.

This is my idea of steak heaven

finix

Faith wrote: »

Once you get accustomed to it, you'll wonder how you ever ate it any other way. Until I was about 18, I only ate cremated steak. Now I'd rather throw it out than eat well done steak*.



*I'd still eat it though, because it's bloody pricey.

How long would you cook a ''rare'' steak then ?

dee_mc

As for 'why bother cooking them ? Just eat it raw!', the contrast in flavour and texture between the just warm, juicy interior and the sealed exterior is gorgeous!
I'm not saying it's always the case, but lots of people who declare that rare or medium rare meat is 'disgusting' or 'undercooked' have never tried it! Several of my relatives who would have been die-hard 'not just well done, cremated' steak eaters now love a rare or medium rare steak - the difference in flavour and texture is phenomenal.

finix

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Rare, seared on the outside but pink all the way through. Although I don't like it cool in the centre so maybe my rare is another person's medium rare.

This is my idea of steak heaven

That's bloody RAW ! Rare is spelt RAW ! lol !

finix

dee_mc wrote: »

As for 'why bother cooking them ? Just eat it raw!', the contrast in flavour and texture between the just warm, juicy interior and the sealed exterior is gorgeous!
I'm not saying it's always the case, but lots of people who declare that rare or medium rare meat is 'disgusting' or 'undercooked' have never tried it! Several of my relatives who would have been die-hard 'not just well done, cremated' steak eaters now love a rare or medium rare steak - the difference in flavour and texture is phenomenal.

Can I bring my Brennans Batch ?

dee_mc

finix wrote: »

Can I bring my Brennans Batch ?

Mmmm steak sandwich!
Feck this thread is making me hungry and I only had dinner half an hour ago!

Simply Red

Rare! Cant bare to see steak ruined by it being cremated. Most important thing about steak is that its at room temp. just before cooking

MissFlitworth

It's really not. I do actually eat raw beef too though, beef carpaccio is a thing of glory

00sully

Blue for a fillet
Rare for sirloin
Medium rare for Rib eye

Anyone getting over medium-rare for a fillet can come to my restaurant where we sell the cheapest well done fillets* - 15 euro burnt to a crisp ;-)

*may not be actual beef you won't know the difference though*

tvc15

There are actually good scientific reasons why medium rare gives the best flavours and experience. It's down to enough heat to melt the flavour molecules into the juices but not too much heat to destroy them which removes the flavours completely.

You either enjoy steak or not and if you can't get over the whole, 'ewww, red food' problem then just eat some other food and don't bother with steak

finix

00sully wrote: »

Blue for a fillet
Rare for sirloin
Medium rare for Rib eye

Anyone getting over medium-rare for a fillet can come to my restaurant where we sell the cheapest well done fillets* - 15 euro burnt to a crisp ;-)

*may not be actual beef you won't know the difference though*

I am afraid to ask but here goes...What is Blue ? ?

dee_mc

finix wrote: »

I am afraid to ask but here goes...What is Blue ? ?

Look at post number 15 in this thread. It's slightly less cooked than rare. Gorgeous if you've got a really good quality, tender steak

finix

dee_mc wrote: »

Look at post number 15 in this thread. It's slightly less cooked than rare. Gorgeous if you've got a really good quality, tender steak

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Dublin 8.
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dee_mc

finix wrote: »

That's it ! I am opening a Restaurant for you lot here.
National Blood Centre,
James' Street,
Dublin 8.
Bookings now being taken..............

Ah do yourself a flavour, try a medium rare fillet and come back to us!

finix

Faith wrote: »

Blue ! 10-29 degrees ? That's only a hot day in Ireland, Food should be hotter then the ambient air temp ! I did not know there was so many vampires on Boards !

Passenger

Medium Rare for a Fillet. Rare, while flavoursome, just has a texture that's not as enjoyable while masticating. Medium Rare retains the tenderness while giving you more of the flavours and texture from the grill.

Rew

Medium rare and there is no blood, they get rid of that when they slaughter it. technically a rib roast but you get the idea

drdidlittle

finix wrote: »

I am afraid to ask but here goes...What is Blue ? ?

Its where you show the stake to the pan and then put it on the plate

finix

Rew wrote: »

Medium rare and there is no blood, they get rid of that when they slaughter it. technically a rib roast but you get the idea

Lovely cut of meat, How long will you cook that for ?

Zaph

Medium rare, still nice and juicy but hot the whole way through. I hate lukewarm food.

Crumpets

Medium well

Rew

finix wrote: »

Lovely cut of meat, How long will you cook that for ?

That was Christmas dinner it was in the oven about 8 hours

finix

Rew wrote: »

That was Christmas dinner it was in the oven about 8 hours

That's not cooked ! You posted the wrong pic or forgot to switch the oven on. It's the red switch on the wall

Rew

finix wrote: »

That's not cooked ! You posted the wrong pic !

Nope this was the before



This was before carving:

Uriel.

Oh my god I feel so hungry. Medium rare for me.

*checks watch. Damn it fx buckleys is closed.


Soooo huungry

fiddlechic

My foolpoof method for medium rare steak (more rare>medium). Very hot pan. Rub sirloin with garlic clove and tiny bit of oil. Set timer. 2 mins each side without moving. Put on serving plate. Cover loosely with tin foil for 10 minutes.
Enjoy with a glass of red.
Perfection.

StripedBoxers

Medium for me.

Dizzyblonde

I like mine medium.

finix

Rew wrote: »

Nope this was the before



This was before carving:

Looks ok so far, show me a pic of it cut ! What temp was your oven ? Even Hell does not cook you for 8 hours no matter what you did on Earth.

dee_mc

finix wrote: »

Looks ok so far, show me a pic of it cut ! What temp was your oven ? Even Hell does not cook you for 8 hours no matter what you did on Earth.

Hate to break it to you, but have a look at the original pic (post 34) again: it's cooked!

Rew

finix wrote: »

Looks ok so far, show me a pic of it cut ! What temp was your oven ? Even Hell does not cook you for 8 hours no matter what you did on Earth.

60 Degrees, you saw the pic of it cut above already. There was no "blood" either BTW, because it was slow cooked and properly rested the water wasnt squeezed out of it.

kub

I like mine actually cooked just like any other meat that I eat.

My wife has a theory that because it takes so long to fully cook steaks that the restaurant trade made eating raw steak trendy.

finix

kub wrote: »

I like mine actually cooked just like any other meat that I eat.

My wife has a theory that because it takes so long to fully cook steaks that the restaurant trade made eating raw steak trendy.

Sign in Eddie Rockets...''Eat and get out'' Maybe your wife is right

endacl

Eeden

Rare! Unfortunately, most of the time I ask for rare, it arrives either medium or well done. Grrr! What would they do to it if I asked for well done?

maguic24

Gimme all of the blood.....om nom nom nom.