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The Steak Thread SEE OP

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  • #852
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,064 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    Debub wrote: »
    I have told that doing it the other way around is much better - that is, oven first and then the pan. I have tried it this way for reverse sear on the Weber BBQ, but not yet in the oven/hob combo. Also - if you put a generous helping of salt and keep it in the fridge overnight, that also makes it real tasty
    Note: This is for thicker cut steaks

    :eek:


  • #853
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,013 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    A lot of unnecessary complications on here.

    Season the beef just before you cook it. Cook it on a frying pan, turning once. Rest for a few minutes. Eat.


  • #854
    Roger the cabin boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 424 ✭✭Roger the cabin boy


    What's the best garnish for a steak?

    Answer: A fried egg.


    An absolute must for any steak imho. :)


  • #855
    Debub
    Registered Users Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Debub


    The Nal wrote: »
    A lot of unnecessary complications on here.

    Season the beef just before you cook it. Cook it on a frying pan, turning once. Rest for a few minutes. Eat.


    Yea - I know, you are right, but its fun to test n try various things suggested. And sometimes they do make the end result a lot better - whenever you do have the time and leisure to make it complicated :-)


  • #856
    shnaek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭shnaek


    Roger the cabin boy wrote: »
    What's the best garnish for a steak?

    Answer: A fried egg.


    An absolute must for any steak imho. :)

    https://youtu.be/CTNhCzmUjlw


  • #857
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,331 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Debub wrote: »
    Yea - I know, you are right, but its fun to test n try various things suggested. And sometimes they do make the end result a lot better - whenever you do have the time and leisure to make it complicated :-)

    Your dealing with already aged beef, maybe lashings of sea salt for an hour before cooking while coming to room temperature, anything else would be overkill.


  • #858
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Debub wrote: »
    I have told that doing it the other way around is much better - that is, oven first and then the pan. I have tried it this way for reverse sear on the Weber BBQ, but not yet in the oven/hob combo. Also - if you put a generous helping of salt and keep it in the fridge overnight, that also makes it real tasty
    Note: This is for thicker cut steaks

    I've used both techniques for thick steaks and for some reason the reverse sear produces the best results, I havent a clue why. The way I do it now is to preheat the oven to 135c then the steak goes into the oven. I cant give a time as I use a temperature probe into the middle of the steak and the oven is then programed to get it to 60c internal which is medium rare. The oven bleeps when it hits 60c internal which is great because it makes cooking it 100% foolproof.

    Then it is rested for 10 minutes in tin foil and finally the sear in a screaming hot pan about 90 seconds on each side. It can be served straight away as its already rested. The reverse sear technique gives it a beautiful crust all over but perfectly medium rare inside, it is exactly what you would get in a top quality steakhouse restaurant. Here s pic of a steak I reverse seared a while ago, the crust was beautifully uniform and there was great flavour in it from the malliard reaction. I could have eaten an entire plate of the crust on its own
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113433098&postcount=771
    Debub wrote: »
    Yea - I know, you are right, but its fun to test n try various things suggested. And sometimes they do make the end result a lot better - whenever you do have the time and leisure to make it complicated :-)

    I saw a Youtube video last week and the chef experimented with salt and 3 steaks. One was salted a minute before cooking, one an hour before and one 24 hours before. He then cooked all three simultaneously and his conclusion was the one salted an hour before cooking was the best of the three (most tender) with the 24 hour one having actually degraded, not recommended at all. I havent tried doing it an hour before but will give it a go.


  • #859
    Johnny_Fontane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭Johnny_Fontane


    I have tried them all including Pan, Grill, Sous Vide but having recently picked up Weber BBQ, this definitely beats the lot.

    Reverse sear over super hot coals (I have a sear grate which helps), move to indirect heat, lid on, then stick in the temp probe (remember this is for 750-1kg steaks) and wait until it gets to 130f. Lashings of maldron salt, foil on and rest for 5-10 minutes.


  • #860
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Supervalue steak sale is back

    30th July to 5th August
    33% off sirloin, fillet and striploin

    6th to 12th August
    Cowboy steaks 33% off, 11.72/kg
    Also 33% of round roast and lamb loin chops for the same week too


  • #861
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Can we keep this thread to bargain alerts post please.

    As much as the cooking information is valuable, the food & cooking forum is more suitable.


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  • #862
    Testament1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Testament1


    So anyone go for the Lidl tomahawks? What's the verdict? Worth the money?


  • #863
    tmabr
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭tmabr


    Testament1 wrote: »
    So anyone go for the Lidl tomahawks? What's the verdict? Worth the money?

    Sold out ☹️ Cowboys gone also


  • #864
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,130 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Not going to compete with the cowboys and the tomahawks, but in Tesco the 2 striploin steaks for €6 are good value.
    Maybe there's better cuts going into the supermarkets or something. Had good marbling, great texture.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #865
    Borzoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Borzoi


    The Ayatolla wrote: »
    Cowboy and Tomahawk steaks in Lidl from the 30th.

    Got one today.
    Cooked to medium as per instruction, pan sear followed by oven. One of the toughest steaks I've eaten in a long time.

    I might get one again, but would be cooking it differently


  • #866
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    The Nal wrote: »
    A lot of unnecessary complications on here.

    Season the beef just before you cook it. Cook it on a frying pan, turning once. Rest for a few minutes. Eat.

    For me.


  • #867
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Borzoi wrote: »
    Got one today.
    Cooked to medium as per instruction, pan sear followed by oven. One of the toughest steaks I've eaten in a long time.

    I might get one again, but would be cooking it differently

    How would compare it to a T-bone ,
    I never saw the point of T-bone steaks , all the bits I'd normally trim off a good sirloin are left on , and fillet even more so ...
    Rib eye is a recent discovery for me , and I've cooked it medium as suggested ,. And loved it ...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #868
    Heroditas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,556 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    Borzoi wrote: »
    Got one today.
    Cooked to medium as per instruction, pan sear followed by oven. One of the toughest steaks I've eaten in a long time.

    I might get one again, but would be cooking it differently

    I got one as well and cooked it on Friday night on the BBQ. A meat thermometer is vital for cooking a big chunk of meat like that because ovens will always vary so it's easy to over or under cook it.
    Seared it at the end on the BBQ grill after cooking it with indirect heat for about 40mins and it was a very nice medium rare.
    All I'll say is get another one and try it again. They're well worth it :)


  • #869
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Any good deals around at the minute, particularly a good, fatty Rib-Eye?


  • #870
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,013 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Soarer wrote: »
    Any good deals around at the minute, particularly a good, fatty Rib-Eye?

    I got 2 very nice 28 day aged striploins in Tesco last night for 6 quid.

    Made a Vietnamese steak, mango and herb salad type thing with them. They had ribeyes aswell, not sure on price but they were very marbled looking, too much for me.


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  • #871
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Soarer wrote: »
    Any good deals around at the minute, particularly a good, fatty Rib-Eye?

    SuperValu had 25% off T-Bone when I was there yesterday. Not sure when that started /ends.

    Edit / Looks like that's over. Fillet on special until September 9th. Although I'm guessing that fillet isn't your thing if you like ribeye (same here).


  • #872
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    https://twitter.com/higginsbutchers/status/1309087732505948162


  • #873
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭stimpson


    RasTa wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/higginsbutchers/status/1309087732505948162

    €225 per kilo? I’m not trying to buy cocaine.


  • #874
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,013 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    "€75 per 300g Steak"

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  • #875
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,359 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    You wouldn't mind but it looks like a block of fat. Yuck.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #876
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Sold out in 33mins....


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  • #877
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,013 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Explain to me how I can buy a Wagyu burger in FXB for 4 quid but a steak of roughly the same size is €75 quid?

    Assume theyre importing these from Japan? So we're being charged for transport costs?

    Guy in Cork raises Wagyu cattle.

    https://www.mtwomeybutchers.ie/product/wagyu-rib-eye-steaks-12oz-2/


  • #878
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    The Nal wrote: »
    Explain to me how I can buy a Wagyu burger in FXB for 4 quid but a steak of roughly the same size is €75 quid?

    Assume theyre importing these from Japan? So we're being charged for transport costs?

    Guy in Cork raises Wagyu cattle.

    https://www.mtwomeybutchers.ie/product/wagyu-rib-eye-steaks-12oz-2/

    This is A5 wagyu. The best of the best. The price is probably the same in Japan but they pay £300 for a single strawberry over there.


  • #879
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    Well you'll be able to trace it's grandparents and check the grade online. I regret not trying some when I was in Japan


  • #880
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭stimpson


    RasTa wrote: »
    Well you'll be able to trace it's grandparents and check the grade online. I regret not trying some when I was in Japan

    I had A5 at a wedding in Shanghai. It was so
    Tender you could cut it with a fork.


  • #881
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    RasTa wrote: »
    Sold out in 33mins....

    Theres no recession in Sutton anyway!

    75 would be around the market price for 300g of A5 wagyu, you could pay even more than that in other places and way more again in a restaurant.

    I will try it someday but am sceptical that a 75 euro steak is going to be 5 times better than a 15 euro one. Its basically the very limited quantities of A5 wagyu that drive the price up so high.


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  • #882
    amber2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭amber2


    https://www.valhallameats.com/collections/beef-boxes/products/beef-box-waygu-beef


  • #883
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,130 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    On the more mundane steak front... Supervalu have:
    * Fillet steak 33% for this week (now €24 kg)
    * Cowboy steak 33% from 1st October to 7th October (so €11.70 kg)

    It's on page 8-9 of their current special offers booklet:
    https://supervalu.ie/offers-leaflet/014/mobile/index.html

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #884
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    ah great, I might stock up on a few cowboys for the freezer, I dont think they sell them through winter so this might be the last chance to get them till next year


  • #885
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,064 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    Had an aul rib eye there from super value with a bottle of Rioja.
    Was well tasty. Sure I’ve had nicer steaks. Actually last week in dromoland I had possibly the nicest rib eye I’ve ever had. That was 30 bucks and was served up to me.

    It sure I’d even contemplate paying that kind of money for a steak........ well unless I was filthy rich


  • #886
    Dubl07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Dubl07


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    ah great, I might stock up on a few cowboys for the freezer, I dont think they sell them through winter so this might be the last chance to get them till next year

    Don't, whatever you do, order it for delivery. I ordered a "decent sized" cowboy two weeks ago and what I go was a boneless, green and sticky on one side, piece of meat that was more a trimming from the end of a joint instead of an actual steak. I'd never have accepted it in person,but it was wrapped in one of their 'bio' bags which are opaque with green writing so I didn't find out until the following evening. Their quality control for home delivery is very patchy (two lemons, one perfect, one shrivelled in the same order).


  • #887
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Lidl are beginning to bring their Christmas deluxe range back which means that both ostrich and venison steaks have returned to the fridges away from the main meat section. The venison seems pricey at 4.99 per 200g steak, I could have sworn it was 3.99 last year. Theres no sign of their wild boar steaks either yet anyway.

    One thing Ive noticed about Lidl (and this is pot luck) but if you go in on a Monday there is a chance that they might have their Angus 28 day aged rib roast reduced in price. I got one yesterday that was reduced from 13.49 a kilo to 10.49 a kilo even though it is still in date until October 15th. I think they sometimes reduce after a weekend if not enough are sold and if they need to make shelf space or something. Anyway if you slice the rib roast down the middle you end up with two whopping big rib eye steaks each about two inches thick. Will be cooking some later, looking forward to it already.


  • #888
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Thats half the Lidl Angus rib roast with the bone removed. The joint was 1.2kg and the bone 300g so it yields two huge rib eyes both 2 inches thick and about 450g each. With the 25% discount it came to 12.60 or 6.30 each steak. Bit of a bargain for the size of it. You could really share one of these between two people as it would still be two 8oz steaks. I was just being a savage eating a 16oz steak.

    rib-1.jpg

    I salted it for about an hour before cooking then reverse seared it in the oven until it got to 62c internally, then rested for 10 minutes before flash frying it for 2 minutes each side. That got it to medium. I used maldron sea salt which gives steaks a nice even crust all around.

    rib1.jpg

    Will be trying to swing by Lidl on Mondays in the hope of seeing these discounted. Even at full price it would still be worth it, its a great cut of meat


  • #889
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,359 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Thats half the Lidl Angus rib roast with the bone removed. The joint was 1.2kg and the bone 300g so it yields two huge rib eyes both 2 inches thick and about 450g each. With the 25% discount it came to 12.60 or 6.30 each steak. Bit of a bargain for the size of it. You could really share one of these between two people as it would still be two 8oz steaks. I was just being a savage eating a 16oz steak.

    rib-1.jpg

    I salted it for about an hour before cooking then reverse seared it in the oven until it got to 62c internally, then rested for 10 minutes before flash frying it for 2 minutes each side. That got it to medium. I used maldron sea salt which gives steaks a nice even crust all around.

    rib1.jpg

    Will be trying to swing by Lidl on Mondays in the hope of seeing these discounted. Even at full price it would still be worth it, its a great cut of meat

    That you have somehow acquired a large plate from a certain Cork hotel of which I have very fond memories bothers me not a jot. In fact I kind of admire that kind of stuff.

    But Muahahaha, if they are what I suspect they are (as in the chips next to the glorious piece of prime meat), if they are indeed frozen chips Muahahaha, you have gone way down in my estimation.

    Say it isn’t so.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • #890
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    haha RG, acquired alright but not by me and not from a Cork hotel. Its from Ryans of Parkgate Street, D8, I used to rent an apartment in the area and the previous tenant worked there and left a few of them behind him when he moved out. Happy days for me, have had them 15 years now and theres not a scratch on them, they're a solid quality restaurant plate designed for use thousands of times. Wouldnt be able to say that about any other plates Ive ever owned, normally they look worn after just a few years use.

    And yeah those are frozen chips but in my defense they are Aldis Skin on Fries which everyone on the Aldi thread in the food forum were raving on about. Easily the best frozen chip Ive ever had but in typical Aldi style they only went and discontinued them last week :(


  • #891
    DyldeBrill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,406 ✭✭✭DyldeBrill


    Kerrigans are doing a 4 x 8oz Rib Eye steaks at the moment for €20 - not sure if I can post a link in here but you will see it on their website.


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  • #892
    DyldeBrill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,406 ✭✭✭DyldeBrill


    More lovely deals again at Kerrigans - €5 for 14oz steak and 40% off their Sirloin Roasts. Bit of bang for your buck there!


  • #893
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,130 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Supervalu T-Bone steak:
    * €16.74 per kg (WAS 24.99)
    * Oct 8th - Oct 14th
    * https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/meat-poultry-steaks-supervalu-beef-t-bone-steak-butchers-counter/p-1001655001

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #894
    CWF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭CWF


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    That you have somehow acquired a large plate from a certain Cork hotel of which I have very fond memories bothers me not a jot. In fact I kind of admire that kind of stuff.

    But Muahahaha, if they are what I suspect they are (as in the chips next to the glorious piece of prime meat), if they are indeed frozen chips Muahahaha, you have gone way down in my estimation.

    Say it isn’t so.

    Looks serious


  • #895
    Shred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,507 ✭✭✭Shred


    amber2 wrote: »
    https://www.valhallameats.com/collections/beef-boxes/products/beef-box-waygu-beef

    I keep missing the Higgins Waygu beef, has anyone tried this one?


  • #896
    RasTa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    It's back on the menu!

    https://twitter.com/higginsbutchers/status/1327332615377063937

    €250 a kg.

    https://higginsbutchers.ie/shop/rare-features-products/wagyu-beef/


  • #897
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    In Lidl from Thursday

    -Picanha steak 200g/3 euro
    -Angus rib roast on the bone- reduced from 14/kg to 12/kg


  • #898
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    RasTa wrote: »
    It's back on the menu!

    https://twitter.com/higginsbutchers/status/1327332615377063937

    €250 a kg.

    https://higginsbutchers.ie/shop/rare-features-products/wagyu-beef/

    Bound to make a balls of cooking that!


  • #899
    blindside88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭blindside88


    Hey guys,

    There’s a good deal to be had on steak on the premium butcher website (link below)

    https://thepremiumbutcher.ie/product/striploin-joint/

    This is my second time ordering from them and the meat is excellent quality. They currently have a “Full Striploin of Beef 4-5kg” for €48. The last time I got this I cut it into 20 good sized steaks (about an inch thick) and froze them in batches of 2. Meat is of excellent quality and for less than €2.50 a steak you can’t go wrong.

    If you sign up for the newsletter you get free delivery on orders over €50.

    I’m in no way affiliated to them but I was told about this deal the last time by a friend of mine who has ordered from them several times.

    Haven’t tried anything else from there but he has also bought the brisket and says it’s very good. Hopefully it’s of use to someone


  • #900
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,630 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    If only there was a

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97206948

    The internet isn’t for everyone



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  • #901
    blindside88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭blindside88


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    If only there was a

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97206948

    Didn’t realise this was here. Apologies for trying to help other members of the site make a saving and find a bargain. I won’t do it again


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