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To Broil Pork Steaks

Pork steaks are broiled on a hot gridiron with suet.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Broil Pork Steaks

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat your gridiron until hot.

  2. Rub the gridiron with fresh suet.

Broil and serve

  1. Place the pork steaks on the gridiron.

  2. Turn the steaks frequently to prevent smoking.

  3. When cooked to your liking, 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

Pork steaks
Main protein that browns on the outside while the inside cooks through.
Fresh suet
Fat that greases the hot gridiron so the meat does not stick and adds richness.

The step that matters

Turn the steaks frequently. Fat dripping from the meat onto the hot gridiron causes flare-ups and smoke. Frequent turning spreads the heat evenly and keeps the surface from burning before the centre is cooked.

“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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