Dedicated to Mum for making me Vegemite sandwiches for school
Every. Single. Day.
How do you make Australian Wagyu beef more Australian?
I recently bought some Australian Wagyu beef from Costco. The meat tray had two pieces of meat. I’ve cooked one and I kept one piece in the freezer.
After returning home from a week in Brisbane I had to get ready for work. I didn’t want to cook a big meal. I wanted a relatively small meal.
I thought how can I make Australian Wagyu more Australian? The answer is to combine it with some iconic Australian food products, viz., Vegemite and Coon cheese.
Coles sells these nice cheesy Vegemite scrolls in its bakery section. They usually cost about $AUD2.
To make the burger even tastier I added some blue cheese because steak loves blue cheese and blue cheese loves steak.
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I bought all the ingredients (apart from the Australian Wagyu beef) from Coles. No, Yummy Lummy is not sponsored by anyone.Recipe
- Australian Wagyu New York Strip Steak
- Coarse iodised salt
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- Coles cheesy Vegemite scroll
- Blue cheese
- Coon cheese
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Remove the Australian Wagyu New York Strip Steak from its packaging and season with iodised salt, freshly cracked black pepper, and garlic powder.
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Vacuum seal and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
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With a precision cooker in a water bath, heat the water to 52 °C/125 °F.
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Insert the vacuum sealed Australian Wagyu New York Strip steak into the water bath for 2 hours.
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At the end of the cooking time, remove the bag from the water bath and then remove the meat from the bag.
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Dry the surface of the meat with paper towel and place between two plates and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
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In a searing hot frypan, sear the steak to the desired appearance.
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Rest the meat for 10 minutes and then slice with my new Dick® butchers knife.
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Halve the Coles cheesy Vegemite scroll
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In a hot frypan with some melted butter fry both halves of the scroll until the internal surface is crispy.
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Smear a little garlic aioli on the butt.
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Add a slice of Coon cheese.
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Lay on thin slices of the rested and exquisitely tender Australian Wagyu steak.
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Lay on the steak a couple of strips of cut blue cheese.
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Close the burger.
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Put the burger on a plate.
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Shoot a photograph and a short video because Google now wants video on recipe cards.
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Eat the meal.
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Wash the dishes (hint, wash as you cook, it makes life easier).
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Write the recipe.
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Write the blog post.
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Hit publish and hope this blog post gets shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
Recipe Video
Disclaimer
I have no culinary training nor qualifications. This post is not intended to convey any health or medical advice. If you have any health concerns about anything you read, please contact your registered medical practitioner. The quantities are indicative. Feel free to vary the quantities to suit your taste. I deliberately do not calculate energy for dishes. I deliberately default to 500 Calories or 500,000 calories because I do not make these calculations.
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Questions and answers
How good was the burger?
It was bloody awesome. It is so true that blue cheese loves steak and steak loves blue cheese. It was amazing especially with the fried surfaces of the scroll being so crispy.
Was the Vegemite too strong for the delicate Wagyu beef?
Nope. The Vegemite enhanced the flavours. I don’t think the Coon cheese did much but the Vegemite certainly helped augment the beefy flavours.
Did you use all the beef?
No, I kept what was leftover and during the week I made a puff pastry envelope. It was really good.
Leftover Australian Wagyu beef with blue cheese, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds in a puff pastry envelope served with avocado, asparagus, and broccolini. 
Leftover Australian Wagyu beef with blue cheese, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds in a puff pastry envelope served with avocado, asparagus, and broccolini. 
Leftover Australian Wagyu beef with blue cheese, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds in a puff pastry envelope served with avocado, asparagus, and broccolini.
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Final thoughts
- Have you ever had an Australian Wagyu beef burger?
- Do you like blue cheese with your steak?
- What defines Beef Wellington?
Blue cheese and steak… A winning combination every time in my book!
Thank you. They are a perfect match 😃😃😃
Ohh, that Vegemite roll? Intriguing. \ooo/ 🙂
I love them.
The Cheesy Vegemite scrolls cost about $2 each. I like them with bacon, lettuce, and tomato with some avocado.
After all that seafood, I guess a good steak meal was in order. Is a scroll just an Australian word for bun?
Sort of, it is a bun but it starts as a long roll of dough scrolled into a bun shape before cooking.
I laughed when I read this Gary (not sure if I should be) because isn’t Wagu expensive meat and you are putting it together with Vegemite and Coon cheese (sorry still laughing) but not in an offensive way – I just find it funny). PS I have found a vegan blue cheese that is absolutely delicious – yay for me.
I agree Sue. It’s an expensive meat and I’ve combined it with everyday food products. It’s a typical Yummy Lummy mash up with little respect for convention 😂 I did fancy up the remainder though with some puff pastry 🤣
Last night, I made my other half a cheat’s Beef Wellington – steak burger in puff pastry. Cook the burger for 30 seconds on each side to seal it. Cool. Roll out two discs of puff pastry about two centimetres bigger than the burger. Heat the oven to 200 degrees, spread the burger with your favourite relish, top with sliced cheese and cook for about 25 minutes in the oven.
Thanks Emma. Occasionally I like to go full on but tomorrow night will be a Shepherd’s cheat 😃 I sous vide cooked some lamb rump yesterday. I plan to envelope it with some cheese in puff pastry. 🤞🤞🤞 It works out 😃😃😃
Blue cheese and steak is indeed a great combo. I’ve even had it with dark chocolate, blue cheese and steak in Canada and it was really good!
Sounds like a delicious combination Lorraine. A chocolate blue cheese sauce with a steak sounds great.
This looks delicious and distinctively Aussie, Gaz. Very nicely done. I really like wagyu beef burgers, and am happy to pay a bit extra for it. Aside from wagyu beef, I also like Angus beef.
Sometimes at the end of last year I had a bad experience with blue cheese. Not sure if I will eat it regularly again. I’ll leave it up to you.
Sorry to read of the bad blue cheese experience. I will have your sure.
I enjoyed the Costco Wagyu. I wish Coles sold it.
You can certainly have my share, Gaz 😃
I wish Angus beef was more accessible too.
We need more good quality beef on the shelves.
Now you do know corned beef ain’t that bad 😀
Mmm… corned beef