Best Steak - reverse sear

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. get steak to room temperature
  2. moderately season steak with peper and salt
  3. preheat oven to 125C (fan forced)

Procedure

  1. cook the steak in the oven (best on a grate) for 11 (3cm) to 16 (5cm) minutes
  2. remove from oven and let rest for few minutes
  3. heat a frying pan to VERY HOT with olive oil (until smoking)
  4. throw steak , then garlic and bacon slices in pan , 1 minute each side or until nice brown
  5. let steak rest on plate for 4 minutes then serve
  6. BONUS: put the juice back to pan, add red wine and bit of soy sauce, reduce and pour jus in a bowl

Fine-tuning

Steak Thickness Oven Duration Rest Pan Duration Rest Result
Scotch Fillet 2.5cm 11min 5min 1min each side 5min rare / medium rare
Rump 5cm 16min 3min 1.5min each side 5min medium rare
Eye Fillet 5cm 16min 10min 1.5min each side 5min medium rare
Rib Fillet 5cm 16min