/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18603743
Paella

From what I hear chicks like it when you in a bit of effort

>>18603754
stupid Spanish fried rice.

>>18603743
Doesn't get fancier than this imo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_stuffed_camel

>>18603767
Those are going to get damaged during pressure changes.

>>18603743
Steak au Poivre

2 1½"-thick New York strip steaks (about 1½ lb. total)
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
1 Tbsp. whole black peppercorns
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
4 garlic cloves, 2 smashed, 2 thinly sliced
3 sprigs thyme
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, divided
1 large shallot, finely chopped
⅓ cup cognac, dry sherry, or brandy
½ cup heavy cream
Flaky sea salt

>>18603844
Pat steaks dry with paper towels. Season all over with kosher salt and a generous amount of ground pepper. Let sit 15–30 minutes.

Coarsely crush peppercorns with a mortar and pestle or place in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a small saucepan (they should be a lot coarser than ground pepper).

Heat oil in a large skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium-high. Cook steaks, undisturbed, until a deep golden brown crust forms underneath, about 3 minutes. Turn over and cook on second side until golden brown, about 3 minutes. If the steaks have a fat cap, stand them on their sides with tongs and cook until browned, about 3 minutes.

Reduce heat to medium-low. Add smashed garlic cloves, thyme sprigs, and 1 Tbsp. butter to the pan. Cook, basting steak continuously, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of each steak registers 120°, about 2 minutes. Transfer steaks to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine shallot, sliced garlic, crushed peppercorns, and remaining 2 Tbsp. butter in skillet and cook, stirring often, until shallot and garlic are softened but not browned, about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and add cognac to pan. Set over medium heat and cook until cognac is mostly evaporated and spoon leaves streaks in skillet while stirring, 1–2 minutes. Add cream, bring to a simmer, and cook until sauce coats spoon, about 1 minute. Season with kosher salt.

Slice steaks against the grain and transfer to a platter. Pour any juices from cutting board back into skillet and stir into sauce. Spoon sauce generously over steak; sprinkle with sea salt.

Guaranteed to wow any woman and it's quite aesthetically pleasing if you're trying to impress a social media obsessed vapid wow.

>>18603844
Girl here. Everytime a guy tells me he's going to cook something good for me it ends up being steak. So disappointing. I expect something that would require at least some effort but no. Shitty steak, no sauce or sides either because le holy steak purity

I hate men

>>18603743
Check out the lamb shanks video on the food wishes YouTube channel. I made it recently and it came out great

>>18603858
You cook to 110 and let rest for 5 min max unless you want a cold medium steak retard.

Just make some spaghetti and bake up a French loaf for garlic bread.

The other night I made a pumpkin spaghetti sauce from roasting tomatoes, pumpkins, onions and garlic, plus a bit of carrot to help cut the acidity, was super delicious topped with a bit cheddar. Add some spinach in there to make it fat cat worthy

>>18603844
hahaha aka Salisbury Steak, Family Size

>>18603863
You're focussing on the wrong thing, it's about the cognac peppercorn sauce and not the steak. Also what do you expect, beef is the safest bet for fancy food if you don't know someone's exact tastes. I'm not gonna make seafood or roll the dice on veal/lamb for some hooah I barely know.

>>18603894
>cognac peppercorn sauce
What the fuck is that?
Is that from some food network shit where they run around like chickens with their heads chopped off?

>>18603891
>Family Size
More like meal for one.

>>18603866
It's a 1.5 inch steak not some fucking paper thin 40 steaks for 40 bucks cut, 10 minutes is an acceptable resting time and a steak's temp isn't going to increase 35 degrees while resting unless you're resting it in the oven. You can keep it in a dish covered in aluminum foil if you're really that obsessed with it being """""warm"""""

>>18603863
Girl on 4chan, that's believable

>>18603844
>>18603844
Girl here. Everytime a guy tells me he's going to cook something good for me it ends up being steak. So disappointing. I expect something that would require at least some effort but no. Shitty steak, no sauce or sides either because le holy steak purity

I hate men

>>18604312
Holy shit another femanon. And yes they all act like king shit when they say they'll cook dinner and it's either steak or carbonara these things take 5 minutes to cook and they act like they're Wolfgang puck like come on I'm not interested in low effort men

>>18604312
You think too highly of yourself, the first thing a guy does is never bring a girl to his own house, you bring her to a restaurant so you can check her out.
Why bring some chick to your own house?

>>18603844
>>18603858
That's a shitty recipe. You will just need clarified butter, shallots, green pepper, cognac or armagnac, creme fraiche and especially veal fond for the sauce. Never make a sauce without fond.

I will give this a go. Is it alright without cognac i will buy it if it will make a big difference. Is cheap cognac fine ??

>>18604514
Cognac mostly is a pretty dominant ingredient in sauces. Better quality will obviously result in better flavour. Older doesn't mean better in this case though as younger cognacs are fruitier.