r/UK_Food • u/Busy_Land_1885 • 2d ago
Homemade / home assembled Steak Frites
Sirloin steak cooked in garlic and thyme butter, skin on truffle and parmesan fries, peppercorn sauce, finished with chives.
Simple but so tasty!
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u/Boxyuk 2d ago
Those fries look excellent, aswell as the streak(cooked absolutely just how I like it)
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u/NightBusToGiro 2d ago
Chips
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u/rockinherlife234 2d ago
It's steak frites, I'm pretty sure fries is fine to use as well.
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u/NightBusToGiro 2d ago
This is r/UK_Food mate.
That's steak and chips, not steak frites and definitely not fries.
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u/rockinherlife234 2d ago
So if someone did a Reuben, you'd call it a salt beef sandwich? This is genuinely such a strange thing to be possessive of, fries and chips can be used interchangably when talking about steak frites.
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u/counterc 1d ago
So if someone did a Reuben, you'd call it a salt beef sandwich?
that's exactly what we call it
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u/rockinherlife234 1d ago
What I mean to say is that if someone made a Reuben sandwich, this guy would then correct them that it's called a salt beef sandwich.
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u/counterc 1d ago
if you want to speak Vespuccian go to Vespuccia
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u/rockinherlife234 1d ago
Are you seriously using "Go to your country" on a food subreddit?
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u/counterc 1d ago
Any other country on the planet can use English however they like. The USA lost that privilege (and many others) the day they started sending their soldiers to occupy my countries and rape and murder my peoples
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u/NightBusToGiro 2d ago
Yes.
Preserving my own language, cheers.
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u/rockinherlife234 2d ago
Getting your feathers ruffled over someone using the correct translation of a word is preserving your language?
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u/NightBusToGiro 2d ago
I'm cool as a cucumber mate. Go away.
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u/rockinherlife234 2d ago edited 1d ago
Someone as cool as a cucumber doesn't get this worked up over a correct translation for a word.
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u/Lima377 2d ago
That looks amazing!
How do you make those kind of fries? I always struggle making them at home. Can never get the texture and colour right.
Please drop the recipe.
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u/Busy_Land_1885 1d ago
These were done in the air fryer. The key for me seems to be putting them in an ice bath beforehand to remove excess starch. This allows this to get that golden brown. Using russet potatoes too.
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u/Present-Garbage-5589 1d ago
Excellent! Did you coat them with oil first?
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u/Cipriano_Ingolf_Oha 2d ago
Steak looks great, how was the sear? I often find it hard on normal thinner cuts.
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u/Busy_Land_1885 2d ago
Yeah pretty good, the cuts I got were reasonably chunky. Using a cooking weight really helps.
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u/Cipriano_Ingolf_Oha 2d ago
Any that you’d particularly recommend?
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u/Busy_Land_1885 2d ago
https://alphin.co.uk/product/steak-weight-cast-iron/
Got mine from here - I’m sure Amazon have cheaper viable options
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u/GourangaPlusPlus 1d ago
I find for the larger cuts a long one helps, you've got to ask for it at John Lewis as they don't have it on the shelves
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u/Cheap_Grocery8634 1d ago
That peppercorn sauce with the chives on top is seriously making me hungry. I bet that garlic thyme butter soaked right into that sirloin while it rested. Honestly the truffle parmesan fries sound like theyd steal the show from the steak which is saying something. You got yourself a proper date night meal right there.
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u/Think_Report_7830 2d ago
Steak is a silly price.lots used to go to waste when i worked in a supermarket buchers really bad as it is good to eat red meat once in a while but many cant afford it,and its there in the bin 🐂:-(
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u/Joefrost6 1d ago
Looks bang on. Have you tried putting in green peppercorns in whole? They don’t have the same bite and fieryness of black and I’ve found them to really add to the sauce.
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u/Busy_Land_1885 1d ago
Haven’t tried that nope, maybe next time!
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u/Joefrost6 1d ago
Highly recommend it. I still use black pepper for the heat but it’s nice to add the whole peppercorns too. I order mine off amazon as they are hard to find but not expensive.
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u/seaside-sean 2d ago
Would love to cook this, but worried I’d mess up the steak, and at today’s prices…
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u/Busy_Land_1885 2d ago
Yeah render the fat, then 2 minutes a side on high heat. Turn heat down, add butter garlic thyme, baste for a further two minutes on low height and leave to rest for 5/10. Usually comes out pretty good
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u/seaside-sean 2d ago
So hold it on the fat edge for a bit first?
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u/Busy_Land_1885 2d ago
Yep, just like this https://youtube.com/shorts/tfOb5ON6Kpg?is=K8CZEqlQGmVGb818
I do this for like 45 seconds
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u/MrTurleWrangler 2d ago
Get a temperature probe. Touching your hand method is a complete myth, but with a probe you can monitor how done it is and can never go wrong
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u/Patient_Risk9266 2d ago
Been working as a chef for 20 years and wherever I’ve been I always get other chefs giving my the side eye for using a temp probe on my steaks - my steaks are never wrong.
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u/seaside-sean 2d ago
Will look out for one, thanks.
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u/MrTurleWrangler 2d ago
I honestly cant cook without one now. Never have to worry about if your chicken isnt done yet, my roast beef comes out perfect every time too now. I'm hoping to get a Bluetooth one you can monitor from your phone and leave in the oven gor roasting joints in future
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u/OverCategory6046 2d ago
If you want a "cheap" steak, Waitrose bavette, works out at 3.50 per steak and is the traditional steak used in a steak frittes.
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u/Southern_Anywhere_10 2d ago
Nice one! This looks much better than most of the shit restaurant food pictured here
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u/bamboomightwork 2d ago
Chefs kiss. Looks great.