Ingredients

  • Prime Porterhouse - about 2 kilos (8-9 Cm thick)
  • Maldon Sea Salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive Oil
  • Roasted Shallots to garnish
  • Roasted Fingerlings to garnish

Directions

  1. Salt and Pepper the steak and cover in olive oil
  2. Allow to rest uncovered in the refrigerator for 12 hours or more
  3. Bring to room temperature
  4. Get charcoal fire up to full heat
  5. Cook at full heat for 10 minutes even if it flames up
  6. Flip steak and cook 8 minutes more
  7. Place steak on end and cook bone end 5 minutes more
  8. Remove from fire and rest for 5 minutes
  9. Remove from bone and slice into .6 Cm slices
  10. Arrange slices around the bone on platter

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Bistecca alla Fiorentina – Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • Prime Porterhouse - about 2 kilos (8-9 Cm thick)
  • Maldon Sea Salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive Oil
  • Roasted Shallots to garnish
  • Roasted Fingerlings to garnish

Directions

  1. Salt and Pepper the steak and cover in olive oil
  2. Allow to rest uncovered in the refrigerator for 12 hours or more
  3. Bring to room temperature
  4. Get charcoal fire up to full heat
  5. Cook at full heat for 10 minutes even if it flames up
  6. Flip steak and cook 8 minutes more
  7. Place steak on end and cook bone end 5 minutes more
  8. Remove from fire and rest for 5 minutes
  9. Remove from bone and slice into .6 Cm slices
  10. Arrange slices around the bone on platter

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