Steak Slice with Lemon and Thyme (Nigella Lawson) |
|
 |
Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 4 |
|
This recipe, or rather the method, was suggested to me by my agent Ed Victor, and so is known familiarly as Ed's Tender Rump. The method[ is this: instead of marinading the meat before cooking, you marinade it after - and it really does keep it extraordinarily tender. Please feel free to play around with the herbs; I think Ed himself uses oregano rather than the thyme I love. I love this with broccoletti or those leggy tenderstem broccoli. A couple of packets, lightly cooked and then drained and placed in the marinade after the beef's out and sliced, is the most heavenly accompaniment. And I can't tell you how good both steak and broccoli are cold later.] Ingredients:
1 rump steak (1-inch thick) weighing approximately 1 pound 4 ounces |
oil, for greasing |
5 stalks fresh thyme to give 1 tablespoon of stripped leaves |
2 bruised cloves garlic |
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil |
1/2 lemon, zested and juiced |
1 teaspoon maldon salt or 1/2 teaspoon table salt |
good grinding fresh pepper |
Directions:
1. Cut away the fat from around the edge of the steak while you heat a griddle or pan.
2. Brush the steak with oil to prevent it sticking to the griddle or pan, and then cook for 3 minutes a side plus 1 minute each side turned again (this gives you pretty griddle marks) for desirably rare meat; the lemon in the post-hoc marinade 'cooks' it a little more.
3. While the steak is cooking, place the thyme leaves, garlic, oil, lemon zest, juice, salt and pepper in a wide shallow dish.
4. Once the steak is cooked, place it in the dish of marinade for 4 minutes a side, before removing it to a board and slicing thinly on the diagonal.
|
|