How to cook a steak like Heston Blumenthal

Posted by Gary

Regular readers know I like steak and some of you know that I’ve cooked steak like Heston before. Now that I’m back on a low carb kick I’ve been dreaming of a nice steak dinner since picking up a piece of ribeye from Coles on the weekend.

I began preparing the steak this morning as I was making breakfast. I unwrapped the meat and laid it on a rack and then on a plate and put it back in the refrigerator to dry out a little.

This is Heston explaining his steak cooking method

When I arrived home after work I pulled the steak out and placed it on the kitchen bench to let it get to room temperature (which in Canberra today wasn’t much different to the temperature inside my refrigerator).

 

This is my steak after it had been drying in the refrigerator

Ribeye steak out of the refrigerator waiting to be cooked and eaten.
Ribeye steak out of the refrigerator waiting to be cooked and eaten.
How to cook a steak like Heston Blumenthal
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Ribeye fillet steak
  • Fennel
  • Parsley
  • Bok choi stalk
  • Red onion
  • Lime juice
  • Mayonnaise
Instructions
  1. In the morning before leaving for work unwrap the steak and put it on a rack on a plate and put it back in the refrigerator
  2. When you get home after work pull the steak out and put it on the kitchen bench to equilibrate to room temperature
  3. Cut the fennel, parsley and red onion into thin slices and squeeze the juice from half a lime
  4. Put the salad together
  5. Slice the stalk of some bok choi and set aside
  6. Get a frypan really hot and add some grape seed oil plus a bit of butter
  7. When the pan is smoking hot put the steak in the frypan
  8. Count slowly to fifteen and turn
  9. Repeat this for a total of 3 minutes
  10. When the steak is cooked put it aside in a warm place and let it rest for 10 full minutes
  11. While the frypan is still hot add the bok choi stalk slices and fry off
  12. After 10 minutes resting plate it all up
  13. Shoot a photograph
  14. Eat the meal
  15. Wash the dishes
  16. Write the recipe
  17. Blog (verb)

This is the steak and fennel salad plated up

Steak and fennel salad after the meat has been rested for 10 minutes.
Steak and fennel salad after the meat has been rested for 10 minutes.

Here is my breakfast this morning. Streaky bacon cooked in a benchtop oven and served with a fried egg.

Pay day bacon and egg
Pay day bacon and egg

So how do you like to cook steak?

2 Responses

  1. The hungry dad would faint if I cooked this for him! He’s all about the steak, I’m all about not eating meat, so chances are he will end up cooking his won. Great tips.

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