Steak Cooking Guide

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We do our utmost to look after your beef all the way from gate to plate. However there is a duty placed on the cook to take equal care too!! Here we give you a guide as to how to make the best of your meat when you are cooking.

1. Preparing your steaks

Roughly two hours before you are ready to start cooking, remove your steaks from the vacuum bag (if you have stored them in your deep freeze, remember to defrost them first!) and place them on a plate in your fridge.  Removing them from the fridge ½ an hour before cooking to come up to room temperature.  Drizzle a little olive or rape seed oil on the steaks

2. Get your pan hot!

To cook your steaks, you need to have a very hot pan. We would recommend using either a griddle or a frying pan rather than a grill. When you are sure that it is hot, gently season your steaks with a little salt and pepper and gently place your steaks into the pan being careful of any hot oil that may spit.

3. Cooking your steak

So how long do you cook your steaks for? Well it all depends on how rare you like them to be. Cook each side but try not to handle the steak too much – minimise the number of times you turn it. Ideally you only want to turn it once!  Remember to allow your steak to rest before serving – just pop them on a rack under some tin foil in a warm place. The timings below are based on a 1” thick steak and the pan being as hot as you dare!

Blue
The steak should be seared for 1 to 2 minutes on each side and rested for 6 minutes. It will feel spongy with no resistance.

 

 

Rare
The steak should be seared for 21/2 minutes on each side and rested for 5 minutes. It will feel soft and spongy with slight resistance.

 

 

Medium Rare
The steak should be seared for 3 to 4 minutes on each side and rested for 4 minutes. It will feel fairly spongy and soft and slightly springy!  

 

 

 

 

Medium
The steak should be seared for 4 minutes on each side and rested for 3 minutes. It will feel firm and springy! 

 

 

Medium Well
The steak should be seared for 5 minutes on each side and rested for 2 minutes. It will feel fairly spongy and soft and slightly springy!

 

 

Well Done
The steak should be seared for 6 minutes on each side and rested for 1 minutes. It will feel spongy and soft and slightly springy!

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