Monday, June 8, 2009

Grilling Steak - The Basics


If you are going to be a master at grilling steak, you want to spend a little background.

Each slice of meat which is cut from an animal or a fish called big steak. Beef steaks are the most popular of all kinds of steaks. Steaks and chicken, turkey and lamb are also served in most restaurants. Grilling, baking, broiling and pan-frying are the most common cooking methods employed in cooking steaks. Steaks take less time to cook than the other dishes made from meat and can be eaten both in the form of a report, and during the course of the main food. Steaks are usually consumed along with rice, noodles, pasta or bread, along with a fungus or a side-dish vegetable.

Estimated steaks is voluntarily undertaken by the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA quickly called. USDA steaks classes depending on marbling and tenderness of the steaks. Prime cut steaks are the best grade and the tenderest steak of them all. Filet mignon is the best premium quality steaks and softest of all grades of steaks, followed by the sirloin. Only 2% of steaks available in the market belong to the first cut or higher of steaks and they are mostly limited to restaurants and hotels. What is available in the consumer market is the normal variety of choice cut steaks. Choice cut steaks variety is the worst Prime Minister that different cut. Grades other steaks that are available are standard, commercial, utility, cutter and canner be decreasing in order of their respective qualities.

There is no need to be much emphasis on cutting method employed in these slicing steaks from the meat of animals concerned. The steaks are usually felled along the direction perpendicular to the muscle striations. This results in steaks were made easier to chew and tender in nature. How is a tender steak depends on the region from which meat is cut. The filet mignon cut of which is low end of the tender loin and sirloin, felled by the middle portion of the hindquarters of the tenderest beef steaks are. Filet mignon is the most expensive of all steaks.

In steaks, steak as the sensitivity increases reduces its flavor. Filet mignon, the tenderest of all steaks, has the mildest flavor. The other varieties such as steaks chuck steak, flank steak and the rib steaks are tougher to chew but more beefy flavors.

Although steaks originating from France, each country has developed their version of a steak recipe. It is a fact widely known that King Henry VIII was a big fan of steaks. In fact there are some reports that apocryphal word "sirloin" was coined by the monarch. In Asia and Africa, there are hundreds of varieties of recipes known as steak kebabs.

During the preparation for grilling steak, red hued steaks and have preferred to buy raw steaks from meat shops and food stores. Steaks should be refrigerated also, like any other meat. They steaks that are aged longer time to have an enhanced flavor.

Today - "Grill-off: Battle of the beef recipes, techniques"

Taken straight from an article from Today, Chef Robert Rainford recommends cooking with gas, and gives a great recipe for Grilled Beef Tenderloin!


Grilled Beef Tenderloin
Chef Robert Rainford
4-6 ample portions

INGREDIENTS


  • 32 oz beef tenderloin
  • 2 tbs thyme
  • 1 1/2 tbs rosemary
  • Kosher salt to taste
  • Black pepper (freshly cracked) to taste

DIRECTIONS
1) Preheat grill to 500 degrees F.

2) Lower heat on one side of the BBQ to 300 degrees F or to medium-low. This two-tiered approach will give you options to cook the tenderloin.

3) Drizzle beef tenderloin with olive oil, then season with thyme, rosemary, kosher salt and black pepper


Chef Robert Rainford
Rainford is based in Ontario, Canada. He is seen on "License To Grill." On the show he uses gas grills and believes they are a great way to make the perfect steak. He also has a company called Rainford Catering Solutions that offers personalized menus.

Tips on Gas Grilling Steaks: How to Grill a Steak



Here, we can refer some very important advice to gas grilling steaks. These step-by-step instructions you need to help achieve a steak cooked perfectly, with little practice by your side.

For this procedure, you can choose a filet mignon. A filet mignon steak is a truncated one piece beef and you can pay a few extra bucks, but do not fret! Grilling a filet mignon is really not as difficult as the name might sound!

Begin by seasoning the filet. Use only freshly ground black pepper, because you must allow it to retain its original flavor. Le filet reach room temperature once it's seasoned. You can put it aside for at least 45 minutes and then continue from here.

Now, you need to fire up the grill. Let it remain in the highest temperature setting. With the help of tongs, place the steak on the grill. Let it remain in position for about 2 minutes. In case you notice a little flare, can defile a small amount of water to put it out. After 2 minutes, remove steak at a 90 degree angle and put it on the other side. After 5 minutes, flip again. While flipping, make sure you do so very gently and at the same spot. Removed from the gas grill for a total of 2 minutes. Now, rotate the steak and flip it back.

You also need to decide beforehand if you want the steak medium or medium rare. For this, you should check if the meat is well done. Avoid poking the steak. There is a different method to control and all you need to do is to give a nudge. If it leaves an indention in the finger, and a fine if you want it cooked medium. If he thinks the firm is well made and can be taken off the grill if you want it medium rare. It is totally depends on your personal preferences.

Once you decide if you want it medium or rare, to get it pinched gently. Place it aside on a plate. Let it stand for 2 minutes in order to determine good.

Gas Grilling Steak Tips

Cooking with gas grills has its advantages. Here are some advice on cooking gas grills duty to make a process easier.
Man has certainly come a long way from cooking over open fire with modern methods. Gas grills are very popular for cooking. In addition, the grilling season is especially noticeable in the summer season. Many still prefer to use gas grills for cooking because they are convenient to use. Are you in the initial cooking gas grills? Are you excited and you want to try different food recipes through this medium? Well, allow to get a quick overview of some interesting and useful cooking tips for gas grills.

Cooking Tips for Gas Grills:

* Always preheat the grill to the temperature required. This may be possible with the kind of models you pick up shop. Some gas grills are very easy to use. They are equipped with thermometers that can guide you regarding the type of heating that is necessary.
* When you use gas grills, you should remember to keep the grill on a heatproof surface. Grill in the garden, but always away from overhanging branches etc.
* You should always keep ready in the preparation of related components. A hot grill is kept unattended for a long time will cause chaos during the sessions of your cooking!
* Ensure the grill is clean before you start. The racks must be cleaned completely and grill pans should not have any cracks through the surface.
* Here's a handy tip! Turn the burner on high heat after you have finished with your cooking. This helps to get rid of fat.
* In case of requiring the use of barbeques sauce, you must first grill without sauce. After the food is cooked halfway, then you can make use of the sauce. This should be followed so that the sauce does not burn the food while grilling initially.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

New Yawk New Yawk

In my quest for the best I found out a couple of things about Peter Luger. They don't take credit cards--except for their own. And that it's impossible to get a table around the dinner hour on a Friday, even if you reserve over a MONTH in advance. Christ alive . . . I'm glad we don't have those problems here in Montreal.

The woman I spoke to to make a reservation, which I actually got, for 7:45 on a Thursday, had a charming, almost parody-of-a-New-Yawker voice. Just like in the movies.

Below is the Luger menu, hard to find online (click on it to enlarge). Read it and weep!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The Ultimate Steak?

Okay, dudes and dudettes, I'm baaack. Except instead of returning to the quest of the ultimate steak money can buy to be made by oneself, it is a quest for the ultimate steak prepared by someone else.

I speak, of course, of Peter Luger.

Steakhouses bore me. I've never met one I liked. Gibby's in Montreal was awful. Queue de Cheval was a joke, almost a parody of a steakhouse. A couple I've been to in San Francisco, although famous among steakhouses, were so unremarkable I can't even remember their names.

But Peter Luger — well, it's the Mount Everest of steakhouses. And I'm going there, in March.

The trusty video camera will be along for the ride, along with a serious debit in the Mastercard balance — and maybe a can of mace for the inhabitants of the neighborhood. Full report to follow.

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

The steak

Sorry for the long silence. I haven't been steaking for a while; I suppose that will be a plus in my "grade book" of health when I face my maker in the end. Well, the drinking won't help, but the minus-red meat might.

Anyway, a comment on how it all went, this Kobe deal, and why I am totally disillusioned: number one, fuck Kobe steak. It's all a fucking myth. People, in all my explorations, I've found that the so-called Kobe steak is probably a wholly fabricated article, like "Genuine" Pacific salmon or whatever you wish to insert in the blanks. These assholes can invent whatever they want to describe the product. Genuine Kobe beef is not only not from Kobe, but the whole story about how it got to your plate is a labyrinthine mystery worthy of Agatha Christie. Chances are, it's not Japanese, it wasn't massaged with beer, and it's an entire crock of shit.

So never, NEVER, trust anyone when they say it's genuine Kobe beef. I've been there, baby, and it wasn't from Kobe, and it is doubtful that the entire appellation has any meaning at all.

For the record, the "Kobe beef" that I paid 200 fucking dollars for at Atlantique was absolutely terrible, riddled with inedible gouts of fat and just a vast pool of regret that I live with to this day.

Enough with the Kobe beef experiments; having gone directly to the source in Japan, I can safely say that it's all a bunch of fucking hype.