I promise to get back to posting about new recipes, but tonight The Bride wanted to use up the rest of our compound butter from the weekend. So it was back to the New York Strip Steak With Roasted Garlic Butter for us this evening. Meanwhile, I FINALLY remembered to break out my Christmas gift from my sister, Kara. I had hung it in my hallway down to my basement with some other grilling apparatus, in the hopes that I would use it as soon as possible. Long story short, I didn't because I kept forgetting. Well, nine months later, here we are, about to use my "new" branding iron!
*AHEM* YEEEAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, so I prepped The Forge for Eight Circle of Hades, and stuck the branding iron in the coals, like I've seen on TV.
I quickly realized a problem...I couldn't put the grilling grate down like this. So I adusted it.
I waited for the coals to ready themselves (they are nowhere near where they need to be in the above picture). When it was time, I put on the beef and closed the lid as best as I could, but the handle for the branding iron was protruding. After ten minutes the steaks were ready...they probably could have used one or two minutes less. I got The Forge a little too toasty, but inside the steaks were still medium to medium well.
Now it was time to bring the sizzle!
Never before have I felt so American. My life is now complete. I have steak branded with my initials.
Finally, I also grilled some carrots coated with herbes du provence, which I cooked for ten minutes on indirect high heat. The texture was perfect, and the seasoning matched the compound butter.
That is all. I highly recommend that everyone gets their own branding iron. It makes life quite enjoyable.
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