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Miso Beef

MARINATED MISO SOUSVIDE BEEF

Ok! I haven’t had the chance to get all the photos and post together about the Great Friday cook off so for now it will be next weeks post. It was definitely a long weekend thats for sure. The recipe I am going to post was Thursday and Sundays cook up which was miso marinated skirt steak and brisket. I stumbled across this recipe on www.allrecipes.com last week (I adapted it a little bit to make it more my own) as I wanted to impress my friends with hanger steak, they had only seen it on my blog. Unfortunately, my local butcher down at Swansea didn’t have any but what they did have was 2.48 kilos of skirt steak which is from the same Plate Cut (very grainy but very robust flavoured steak).

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INGREDIENTS

– Steak (any steak is fine the marinade is enough for 2.5kg)

– 2 Tbsp White Miso Paste*

– 1 Tbsp Shaoxing Wine* (Pronounced Shaow-SHEEN)

– 2 Tbsp Champagne Vinegar (or red wine)

– 2 Tsp Brown Sugar, Compacted

– 2 Tsp Garlic, Crushed

– 1/2 Tsp Cayenne Pepper

*Specialty ingredient see below

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METHOD

First you want to combine all marinade ingredients into a measuring jug and whisk to combine. Pour over meat in a large bowl, combine and leave to marinate in the fridge for as long as you can. I left the meat to marinade for 5 hours but 1 to 2 or even over night are all fine.

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Set the SousVide to your liking. I generally set it to 58° because that is the temperature half way between medium-rare and medium so it pleases most people. You want to cook the steak for 3 and a half hours then brown on all sides. I served this with steamed greens and mash potato as there was ten of us and I didn’t want to take the attention off the prized steak.

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Below is a link to Kongs in Victoria Park. across the road from Park Center they have all ingredients you will need or they can get in for you if you give them some notice

http://www.kongstrading.com.au

Adapted from Chef John’s recipe on http://www.allrecipes.com

http://allrecipes.com/cook/15278401/profile.aspx

The Hanger Steak

HANGER STEAK

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Little is known about this much sort after steak and I feel it is my job to let people know just what it is! Hanger Steak is located in the “Plate Cut” of the cow (Diagram Below)  and is most prized for its flavour. In the past, it was commonly known as the “Butcher’s Steak” because butchers would often keep it for themselves rather than offer this steak for sale. Although this steak isn’t quite as tender as other cuts, it certainly makes up for it in robust flavours. Below is a recipe that I have used, its just a simple one to have my first Hanger Steak as you don’t really want to over do it. Lastly, there is a little place in Welshpool called Swansea Markets and this is where I found this magnificent steak.

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Diagram-of-Beef-Animal-Showing-Principal-Cuts

– 1 Shank or leg – 2 Shoulder – 3 Brisket – 4 Knee Bone – 5 Neck – 6 Short Ribs – 7 Chuck Ribs – 8 Prime Ribs – 9 Navel – 10 Plate – 11 Flank – 12 Loin – 13 Rump – 14 Round – 15 Horse Shoe Piece – 16 Soup Bone – 17 Tail

INGREDIENTS

– Hanger Steak

– Wholegrain Mustard

– 2 Cloves of Garlic

– 2 Sprigs of Rosemary (Roughly Chopped)

– Pinch of salt

– Pinch of Cayenne Pepper

METHOD

Place all ingredients into a large bowl and mix well to combine. Place the meat in the bowl and rub in and coat well, cover with glad wrap and place in the fridge to marinate. Set the SouvVide temperature to your liking from 55° for medium-rare to 70° for well done (Breville Chart). Once the meat is ready, seal it off on all sides on an extremely hot pan, put into a vac-pack bag, seal and place then into the SousVide to cook (Time depends on your liking and meat thickness just click on the Breville Chart link above). When the timer goes off and the meat is done quickly seal it again, caramelising all those beef juices, then carve and serve.

There is also a lovely app by Poly-Science called SousVide Toolbox. All you need to do is enter your details and the app gives you a specific time and chart. In my case it took 2:35:40 at 58° (which is just under medium). Results are in the first photo above and as you can see it is cooked through perfectly and evenly.

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Adapted from Anne Burrell from the Food Network

Meat Cut Link: http://chestofbooks.com/food/recipes/A-Book-Of-Recipes-For-The-Cooking-School/Beef.html#.Ux1879whM3Y

Marinade Link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/marinated-grilled-hanger-steak-recipe.html