Dear Reader,

I had an awful lunch. The only thing available at the tuck shop was a bagel with smoked salmon. It looked old, and it had been refrigerated for a long time.

The bagel was dense and getting soggy.

I wanted something light for dinner, so I cooked a steak and had some lettuce with it.

Recipe

Equipment

• Water bath
• Water heater/circulator

Ingredients

• Scotch fillet steak
• Salt
• Garlic powder
• Pepper
• Lettuce

Instructions

1. The night before, dry the surface of the steak and season with salt, garlic powder, and pepper.
2. Place the steak on a rack and refrigerate it overnight to dry brine.
3. About two hours before dinner, put the steak in a vacuum bag and cook the steak for one hour and forty minutes at 52 °C.
4. Remove the steak from the bag and dry the surface.
5. Sear the steak in a hot frying pan.
6. Allow the steak to rest for a few minutes.
7. While the steak is resting, prepare the lettuce leaves.
8. Cut the deckle meat (spinalis dorsi muscle) from the fillet and place it on a dinner plate.
9. Refrigerate the fillet meat for another meal.
10. Give thanks to the Lord.
11. Eat steak and lettuce.