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Steak Dinner
2009/02/19 21:46:08I made a lovely little steak dinner for Shannon and myself this evening.
I started with a nicely marbled Ribeye I picked up from Sobey’s on my way home from work. I lightly lubed it up with canola oil and then liberally applied kosher salt and finely ground fresh black pepper.
While I was doing this, my large cast iron skillet was heating up to sun like temperatures (also known as 500F) in the oven. Once it reached heat I put it over high flame on my largest burner to get it as hot as possible.
The steak was seared on each side for 1 minute then fired into the oven for 3 minutes on each side to hit a nice medium rare (my steak was still a bit chilly from the fridge if I had let it actually hit room temp it would have probably been more like 2 minutes a side for medium rare).
To serve alongside I cooked up some frozen corn, and balsamic glazed fried mushrooms. To finish off the steaks they were topped with a healthy dose of English Stilton.
Final results are presented below.
2008-11-27 at 15-50-48
2008/11/28 11:39:50
PhotoFriday: Autumn
2008/11/14 07:51:45
Fall is Coming, originally uploaded by msroest.
Autumn: The season between summer and winter; fall. In the Northern Hemisphere it is from the September equinox to the December solstice; in the Southern Hemisphere it is from the March equinox to the June solstice.
Out for a Stroll
2008/11/11 17:24:52
Out for a Stroll, originally uploaded by msroest.
Both the geese and I were out for a stroll today at lunch. The rest of the pictures from the outing are available in my flickr stream
3 Ducks in a Row
2008/11/10 14:21:11
Went for a walk around Princess Island park today at lunch and caught these three ducks all going down for a bite.
Korean BBQ Short Ribs with Sweet Potato Fries
2008/11/4 17:29:44Yesterday Shannon and I had a very nice Dinner
The meat is Beef Short Ribs, this time I decided to use the large meat only pieces of short rib but I think it’s better with the thinner cross cut beef short ribs. The meat was marinated in the follow recipe for 8-10 hours.
Marinade
1 cup Soy Sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 tsp – 1 tablespoon red pepper sauce (I used a chili oil that had piece of red chili in it)
Put all the ingredients into the blender and blend until well mixed. Marinate the meat in the fridge overnight/all day in the mix.
BBQ the ribs to your desired level of doneness for the big pieces I believe I BBQ’d for about 20 minutes.
The fries are even easier, just cut up the sweet potato into french fry shapes, coat in oil cook in a pre-heated 400 F oven for 30 minutes in a single layer on cookie sheets. I flipped the fries every 10 minutes.
Abstract Successful Build
2008/10/30 11:19:15
Abstract Broken Build
2008/10/29 06:27:11
The wax lava of our build notification failure red lava lamp was frozen into this odd abstract shape this morning.
Photo-A-Day – 2008/10/25
2008/10/25 11:31:05
Today’s “Photo-A-Day” which has become much less then one a day….ahh well I’m still shooting more then before.
Photo-A-Day – 2008/10/20
2008/10/20 12:12:47
One of my Co-Workers was away on vacation for the past couple of weeks. As a nice home coming present we decorated his desk in a way we thought he’d appreciate. The full set of pictures are here : Photoset: Desk Prank
