How to celebrate in style :)

[calibrax]

Yesterday I got a major promotion at work with a nice pay increase. Now, as I'm not really much of drinker I thought to myself "how can I celebrate"...

The answer... BIG STEAKS!

So, I just got back from the farm shop where I bought these...

Fillet steak (450g = 1lb!)


Two ribeye steaks (630g each = 1.4lbs each!)


Spent quite a lot considering all I bought was meat, but what the hell!

I'm planning to do the fillet steak tonight in an epic 'surf n turf' meal... rare fillet steak, accompanied by scallops, bacon, black pudding and a pea puree. I will post up pics (assuming I still have the power of movement after eating it!)

[Shaw Tarse]

for Promotion. Please do post pics of your dinner.

[21TonyK]

That fillet looks great but I bet the rib eye is even better!

Congrats on the promo as well.

[Cotty]

Meat looks fantstic, looking forward to the results.

[calibrax]

Well that was superb!! Feeling kinda full right now, but a big smile on my face. Cooked the steak to perfection (nice & rare) and everything else came out just right too. Made a lemon butter sauce with some parsley to go with the nice big scallops I'd bought. Plate was a bit crowded! Here's the piccies...

[21TonyK]

calibrax said:

Well that was superb!! Feeling kinda full right now, but a big smile on my face. Cooked the steak to perfection (nice & rare) and everything else came out just right too. Made a lemon butter sauce with some parsley to go with the nice big scallops I'd bought. Plate was a bit crowded! Here's the piccies...

F*ck me! I thought that fillet was for two!!

Excellent stuff!

[calibrax]

21TonyK said:

F*ck me! I thought that fillet was for two!!

Excellent stuff!

Too good to share

Bacon was crisp and light, black pud was crisp on the outside, soft in the middle, the pea puree was full of flavour, scallops were perfectly cooked (30secs per side) and the fillet was just melt-in-the-mouth gorgeous. Absolultely stuffed now though. If I'd done four scallop arrangements instead of three, I wouldn't have been able to finish!

[150bhp]

That looks like one of those challenges from Man v Food!

[Cotty]

calibrax said:

Can I swap my dinner for yours?

[mxspyder]

calibrax said:

Yesterday I got a major promotion at work with a nice pay increase. Now, as I'm not really much of drinker I thought to myself "how can I celebrate"...

The answer... BIG STEAKS!

So, I just got back from the farm shop where I bought these...

Fillet steak (450g = 1lb!)


Two ribeye steaks (630g each = 1.4lbs each!)


Spent quite a lot considering all I bought was meat, but what the hell!

I'm planning to do the fillet steak tonight in an epic 'surf n turf' meal... rare fillet steak, accompanied by scallops, bacon, black pudding and a pea puree. I will post up pics (assuming I still have the power of movement after eating it!)

Is that your change from a £20 note?!

[calibrax]

mxspyder said:

Is that your change from a £20 note?!

No... from a £50 note! ribeyes were about £32 and the fillet was about £17!

[kiteless]

150bhp said:

That looks like one of those challenges from Man v Food!

And by the sound if it, man won. Fair play to the OP (on the food and promotion fronts).

[Adz The Rat]

Bloody hell, that fillet looks good.

[AndyS2]

calibrax said:

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode 'Maximum Homerdrive'

How did you cook it?

[calibrax]

AndyS2 said:

calibrax said:

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode 'Maximum Homerdrive'

How did you cook it?

Seasoned the steak with sea salt & black pepper and a small amount of oil, then heated up a heavy based frying pan until it was smoking, seared the edges all around, then just a couple of minutes on each side, just enough to make sure it stayed pink inside, but was warm to the middle.

[f13ldy]

Looks amazing...

Plus I now know we frequent the same farm shop. Long way from Rochester though...

[calibrax]

f13ldy said:

Looks amazing...

Plus I now know we frequent the same farm shop. Long way from Rochester though...

Thanks. It's only 13 miles from me, which really is nothing when my daily commute is a 92 mile round trip...!

[calibrax]

One of the ribeyes...