I was watching my usual dose of culinary programs on TV tonight and i was struck by 2 very important lessons which were uncannily linked to each other.
Lesson 1
Certain foods are suitable for your blood type and certain foods aren't. Apparently, chicken is not good for my blood type (B) but red meat is! Which is great news because i love a good steak any time. It needs to be medium rare, cooked just right such that it is still a little bloody. You know what they say, medium rare is the ONLY way to eat a steak.
Lesson 2
I continued to watch a British culinary program on how to cook a perfect steak! Talk about coincidence! This program is excellent! I think the tips in the program are so important that it would be a sin if kept secret so i've decided to share it with you:
1. A good piece of beef has to come from the best cattle (duh!) but apparently, aged meat tastes so much better as it creates a marbling effect whilst aging.
2. The best part of the cattle is the rib eye and if it is a good source, it will have a marbled effect.
3. Do not cook steak by slices. Instead, take a portion suitable to feed 5 to 6 persons with the ribs still attached. Grab a heavy duty blow torch and brown the steak on a rack. BIG TIP: it is not true that if you brown your meat on a pan, the juices are sealed inside because the moisture actually evaporates!
4. After the meat is suitably browned, pop it into the oven and bake it at a really low temperature for 24hrs! This would intensify the flavour and cook the meat without actually cooking the inside.
5. After 24hrs, slice the meat off the ribs and into steak size. Heat a heavy pan till extremely hot and pour in enough oil to just lightly coat the pan.
6. Put the steak into the pan. It would immediately sizzle but make sure the meat doesn't stay in the pan too long, it should stay inside just long enough to brown both sides without cooking too much of the meat.
7. Slice the steak into smaller pieces and you will notice how even the colour of the steak is.
I've definitely got to try this. Now where can i get a blow torch....
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maybe Ronald can rent 1 at a super discount, or even be able to borrow 1 for free..... but what about the big acetane and oxygen tanks that come with the blow torch?
Hmmmm... not a bad idea... i shall do just that! Thanks for the suggestion :) You'll be the 1st to try the perfect steak if i can get my hands on a blow torch!
i use to have a hand held blow torch, very small one, that those cigar lighter types, but it will take a while before it all gets done!
in the army, they taught me how to use a welding torch once, i think that one also can work!
but 24 hours in the oven, that is not green lah, waste so much power!
but still, can i be the 2nd person to try?
SURE! You'll be the 2nd one to try it :)
Erm, I don't really have any suggestions to contribute but can I be the third in line anyways? Hehe...
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