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Vodka Marinated Sirloin

submitted by claireandhen on Jul-19-04

average rating: 3.0 (from 1 votes)
servings: (not specified)

I like to eat this with Baked Fennel and Cucumber Salad

1 Thick Steak
Coarse Sea Salt
Crushed Black Pepper
Parsley - finely chopped
Thyme - finely chopped, in two piles
Garlic Cloves - crushed

Vodka
Olive Oil
Vegetable Oil
Unsalted Butter

Rub the steak with the salt and pepper then marinate in the parsley, the first pile of thyme, the garlic, the olive oil and the vodka, turning twice a day, FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS. Less is not enough.

Take the meat out of the refrigerator an hour or two before cooking.

Heat an oven to 200C 425F.

Setting aside the marinade, sear the meat on a hot skillet. Then transfer to a baking tray, pour the marinade over the meat, and put in the oven for 5 minutes (or so - depending how rare you want it).

Take the meat out of the oven and let it rest.

Meanwhile:

Pour the cooking juices into a saucepan and heat gently. Stir in the butter and season with salt and pepper and the other pile of thyme.

Carve the meat and serve with the sauce.

steveandsarah, Oct-10-04 21:51:11:
rating:

Pretty good... the meat was very tender & juicy. It had a pretty potent vodka taste, though, which I found a little overpowering in this recipe, though I do like vodka flavor in some things, like vodka-tomato-cream sauce for pasta. Maybe it would be better to marinate in wine or something like that?

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