Cooking a Steak
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fire
Prepare a moderately bright fire, ensuring it is free from gas exhalations.
Place the gridiron on the fire for about 1 minute.
Remove the gridiron and check if it is hot enough by smelling it.
Cook the steak
Season the steak with coarse sea salt and black pepper.
Cook the steak on the gridiron until it reaches your desired doneness.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Steak
- The main protein; its thickness and doneness set the cooking time and texture.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the surface of the meat and helps form a flavourful crust.
The step that matters
Cook the steak until it reaches your desired doneness. Meat keeps cooking after it leaves the heat, and proteins toughen as they heat. Checking doneness early and resting the steak helps prevent it from becoming overcooked and dry.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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