FEATURE RECIPE
Pan-fried skirt steak with red wine butter and fat chips

Pan-fried skirt steak with red wine butter and fat chips

Serves 6

Cooking Time Prep time 15 mins, cook 45 mins (plus cooling)



6   180gm skirt steaks
For brushing:   extra-virgin olive oil
Red wine butter
125 ml (½ cup)   veal stock
250 ml (1 cup)   red wine
2   golden shallots, finely chopped
125 gm   butter, softened
1   clove of garlic, finely chopped
½   lemon, finely grated rind and juice only
2 tbsp   chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves
Fat chips
3   large sebago potatoes, unpeeled and cut into 1.5cm-thick chips
For deep-frying:   vegetable oil


1 For red wine butter, simmer stock over medium heat until reduced to 1/3 cup (about 10 minutes). Meanwhile, combine wine and shallot in a separate saucepan and simmer over medium heat until reduced to ½ cup (about 15 minutes). Add stock and simmer until syrupy (4 minutes). Remove from heat, cool, then transfer to a food processor, add rest of ingredients, season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and pulse.
2 For chips, place potato in a saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil over medium-high heat. Drain, place on absorbent paper and pat dry. Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 180C. Deep-fry chips until golden (5 minutes), then season with salt.
3 Brush steaks with oil and season. Heat a heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat, add 2 steaks and cook until brown on both sides and cooked to rare (3 minutes each side). Transfer to a plate, cover with foil and rest in a warm place while you cook remaining steaks. Slice steaks across the grain to 5mm thick and serve with red wine butter and chips.


Drink Suggestion Big warm-climate cabernet.

RECIPE Emma Knowles and Lisa Featherby PHOTOGRAPHY William Meppem STYLING Emma Knowles and Lisa Featherby DRINK SUGGESTION Max Allen


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