CWS4322
Chef Extraordinaire
This is a cut of beef I've never cooked (or eaten). From what I've read, it tends to be tough and should be marinated. Wondering how DCers cook/treat a flat iron steak? I don't want the result to be tough.
When I see something here in Quebec, called "blade steak", it usually looks something like this:Around here that cut is not trimmed to remove the gristle. It's sliced across the grain to produce small steaks with a line of gristle through the length. They are called blade steaks. I've grilled them and don't care for the flavor.
Around here that cut is not trimmed to remove the gristle. It's sliced across the grain to produce small steaks with a line of gristle through the length. They are called blade steaks. I've grilled them and don't care for the flavor.
Around here that cut is not trimmed to remove the gristle. It's sliced across the grain to produce small steaks with a line of gristle through the length. They are called blade steaks. I've grilled them and don't care for the flavor.
...But I can understand that aren't crazy about the flavor. We all have different tastes. And what's good to me, might not be for you, and vice versa. It's all good. And I know that your prep and technique had to be good. After all, you are Andy M., one of our premier steak cookers on DC.
Go get yourself a good rib steak and call it a day.
Seeeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North
...The chunk is 0.6 kg and was under $17. So it isn't an expensive cut, just one that doesn't take kindly to being overcooked...
O.6kg = 1.32Lb. At $17 for the piece, that's $28/Kg or $12.80 per pound. I consider that expensive for a piece of chuck.
On Tuesday 09/06/2015 at 6:11 pm, Capital Writing Services wrote:
I bought a "chunk" (.06 kg) of this the local butcher. He cleaned it for me so the gristle/connective tissue is removed. He also showed me on the picture of the cuts of a side of beef where it is. Because it comes from the top part of the front leg, it can be tough. It is nicely marbled. The three butchers I called to learn more about this cut all concurred that it needs to be cooked on this side of medium-rare. Once it is moving to medium or well-done, it will be as tough as shoe leather (or, as one butcher said, you better have really strong teeth).
I found out why I've never gotten it when I've gotten a side or whole steer--it is usually tossed in to be ground. I also didn't know that this cut existed until this winter when it came up here.
I had to buy more than eight ounces. I am going do a test and cook a piece to medium rare (for the photoshoot), cook two smaller pieces to medium and well done. This was local, grass-fed beef. The chunk is 0.6 kg and was under $17. So it isn't an expensive cut, just one that doesn't take kindly to being overcooked.
Two butchers said they sear it on each side for 2 minutes and then pop it a 275 oven for 30 minutes (that is using the whole piece). I am going to do both-cook it in a screaming hot grill pan and sear it 2 minutes each side and finish in a 275F oven. might want to try both methods--the one in the recipe and the one the two out of three butchers use. I'ld still do the "how tough does it get" test with what isn't used for the photo.
Now I know what a flat iron steak is and why it is called that (once the gristle is removed, the two pieces are flat). The gristle in the piece I bought was about 1/8-3/16 " thick.
Tomorrow will be the test. I'll see how it turns out.
Thanks everyone for your input. I have a better sense of the cut of meat I will be cooking and what to expect.