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Beefsteak

A thick sirloin steak broiled and seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Beefsteak

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the sirloin steak rather thick.

  2. Prepare a clear coal fire for broiling.

Cook and serve

  1. Broil the steak for eight minutes.

  2. Season with coarse sea salt.

  3. Dish the steak on a warm plate and serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Sirloin steak
Forms the main body of the dish; its thickness determines how it cooks through.

“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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