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Quick Fried Steak A La Plancha
In France they call it Pierrade (cooking on a stone), it Spanish it will be described as “a la plancha” and I just call it quick fried steak because that's exactly what it is! If you're lucky enough to be able to do this on a red hot stone then great, but for me it's a hotplate barbecue such as the Red Hot Plancha.
This recipe on a hotplate barbecue is really easy, just make sure that the hotplate is well cleaned before you start. The fundamental point is that everyone cooks their own meat.
It depends how many you're cooking for as to how much meat you need. You're probably a better judge of your own appetites but for a party of four I've used a pound of meat. It does help however to buy more because it makes it easier to thinly slice as I've described below. You can always cut any remainder for steaks.
Ingredients:-
500g or 1lb fillet steak
2 teaspoons coarse sea salt
A little bit of beef fat
Method:-
Trim any fat off the slab of beef and then slice it thinly. Lay it out on a plate and take it to the table.
Prepare your hotplate by throwing on the pieces of trimmed fat for long enough just to get the hotplate lubricated.
You can use tongs or just simply a fork and invite your guests to take a piece of meat and throw it on the hotplate, sprinkle with salt and cook to their taste.
There is no other way to serve this in my mind other than lightly salted as described and a full bodied red wine – leave the healthy stuff for another course.