How to make a perfect steak and how to grade the doneness of a steak

By Bailey1_

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 2 pieces of approx 300g US Entrecote steak
• salt
• freshly crushed coarse pepper
• butter
• Utensils required:
• Heavy frying pan
• Roasting pan

Details

Servings 2
Adapted from janetching.wordpress.com

Preparation

Step 1

Method:

Make sure the steaks are rested to room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 70°C.
Season the steak on both sides with salt and pepper.
Heat a heavy frying pan that can place both steaks in, add a big knob of butter into the pan, when the butter is melted, pan-fry the steak for two and half minutes on each side. This will sear and seal the juice inside the meat.
Transfer the steak to a roasting pan and place it in the oven for 10 mins.
Ready to serve with your favorite vegetables.
Notes:

It is very important to rest the steak to room temperature so it is easier for you to control the cooking time.
With good quality of steaks, we usually prefer not having any sauce to go with it as the sauce may dominate the flavor of the steak.
The recipe above requires the steak to be put in the oven briefly because the steak we had this time are rather thick. If you choose to have a thinner steak, you will only need to pan-fry them.