The weather was amazing today in the Netherlands.
25 degrees in Oktober.
This could have been the last day to grill in my shorts so I went for it.
We had a lot of leftovers in the fridge and I don't like wasting them.
I decided to freestyle.
This is what I found around the house. Potatoes, Crème fraîche, cheese, Feta, a bag of vegetables. And later I also found a lettuce. I decided to make a gratin with what I had without knowing if it would work. A bake and pray.
Butter the cast iron pan.
I used a mandolin to slice the potatoes
Building the gratin. Start with a layer of potatoes
I added a layer of cheese, vegetables, and Crème fraîche. Truth be told I didn't think it looked very appetizing. But now I was committed. No way back.
I kept building and finished with a nice layer of cheese. That's better.
Time to light the egg! I aimed for 200C. You always use charcoal in the green EGG, never briquettes, you can see big chunks of charcoal inside the grill.
On they go! I checked every 10 minutes.
After 20 minutes I got the steaks and salted them with sea salt. One was a lot thicker than the other so that one I put on first.
I added the steak to the grill. I aimed for an internal temp of around 55-60C
End result! Not bad at all! The steak was perfectly rare. The gratin was nice, but with cream, it's a little bit better, I have to admit. But for a Monday meal, yeah you don't hear me complain :)
The steak cut open (I can't stand it when they don't show you this.)
This is what the gratin looked like. It was not a bad try at all!
