Ingredients
1 x 2.5cm-thick higher-welfare sirloin steak (350g)
1 bunch of mixed woody herbs (20g), such as thyme, marjoram, rosemary
5cm piece of ginger
1 clove of garlic
½–1 fresh red chilli
1 tablespoon low-salt soy sauce
1 tablespoon runny honey
1 lime
160g tenderstem broccoli
160g asparagus
1 bunch of spring onions
100g radishes
160g sugar snap peas
2 sprigs of mint
BARBECUE KIT:
[Recipe tested on a Weber Master-Touch Barbecue]
Weber barbecue tongs
Top Tip
HOW TO SET UP YOUR BARBECUE
Simply pile all your coals evenly into one half of the barbecue, leaving the other half clear. This gives you a clear hot zone and cool zone, with a medium area in the middle where you can get the best of both worlds. This set-up is helpful for recipes where you need to sear or get something going over direct heat, but then want to give it time to cook through more gently over indirect heat.
Method
- Get the steak out of the fridge to come up to room temperature. Prepare the barbecue for 50/50 cooking (see tip). Make a herb brush by tying the woody herbs to the end of a wooden spoon with string. Peel and finely grate the ginger and garlic into a large bowl, then finely grate over the chilli. Add the soy and honey and squeeze over the lime juice. Set aside.
- Remove the fat from the steak, discarding the sinew, then finely slice the fat and place in a small cast-iron frying pan. Put it on the cool zone to render and crisp up. Season the steak all over with sea salt. Place it on the hot zone, turning with tongs to cook gently on all sides, or until gnarly, using the herb brush to baste it with the rendered fat as you go – you’ll need 2 minutes for rare (or until 47ºC), 3 minutes for medium-rare (or until 52ºC) and 4 minutes for medium (or until 58ºC). Remove to a plate to rest – if you’re using a thermometer, the temperature should go up 2 or 3 degrees as it rests.
- Trim the broccoli, asparagus and spring onions and place on the hot zone with the radishes. Cook for 5 minutes, or until tender and charred, turning regularly with tongs and removing to the bowl of dressing once done. Trim the sugar snaps, pile into a metal sieve and place on the medium zone for 2 minutes, tossing occasionally, then add to the bowl, along with the crispy bits of steak fat, if you like. Toss well and transfer to a serving platter.
- Slice the steaks and arrange on top, drizzling over any resting juices, then pick over the mint leaves, to serve.
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