Talking of meat I am very lucky to have a good relationship with my butcher, totally fed up with being served with what ever the supermarkets want to sell me I made a big effort to get to know my local butcher and it really has paid off. I have a real enthusiasm for learning from him different cuts of meat that are on offer that are not available from the super market and save me money and are better quality cuts. The above piece is called a rose of beef it is the silverside or backend of the cow and is the likely cut that is used in salt beef. It has a great wide grain perfect for taking up that marinade, lean enough for really fast searing over hot coal 2-3 mins each side depending on how thick your piece, make sure your rest your meat as well before cutting and serving. This meat cost £10 per kilo where as a piece of rump steak the same weight would cost £16 per kilo.
So if your out BBQing this summer and looking for a marinade maybe give this a try instead of just having a plain BBQed steak.
ingredients
this is for a 500g of beef steak
2 tbsp. coriander
1 tbsp. cumin
1/2 tbsp. black pepper corns
toast all of the above in a frying pan and then grind up
place the spices into a mini food processor and
add 5-6 garlic cloves
1/2 a red onion chopped
1-2 red hot pepper depending on how spicy you like it
1/2 tbsp. palm sugar
1 generous bunch of fresh coriander
Grated rind of 1 lime
Juice of 2 limes
1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
2-3 tbsp. of kecap manis I really love this sauce as it is very flavoursome but the regular supermarkets do not stock this however I have found it in Waitrose.
a sprinkle of salt
wiz all the above together if you need a little more movement in the marinade add a little more vinegar.
I tend to make this marinade 2 days before I want to use it typically on a Thursday and I place the whole piece of beef in a zip lock bag and pour over the marinade and just leave it in the fridge until we are ready to use it.
No comments:
Post a Comment