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29/9/2017

Griddled seasoned steaks

Often home-cooked steaks lack that ‘restaurant’ flavour and, no matter what the cut of meat, can be bland. However with some coaxing by way of skillful seasoning the perfect tasty steak can be achieved. Outdoors or indoors the method is much the same, in Italy they would usually cut a large griddled steak into several thick slices thereby producing many more surfaces to coat with the condiments and seasoning.

Serves 3-4
500g fillet steak
4 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 dozen garlic cloves
A sprig of fresh rosemary
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Put the olive oil and the whole garlic cloves in a large frying pan and cook, stirring two or three times, until the garlic becomes a pale gold. Turn off the heat and ‘roll’ the rosemary around in the garlicky oil.
Turn on the heat under the griddle to very high; if cooking outside, make sure the charcoal is hot and glowing. Put on the meat which should sizzle instantly and begin to smoke. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until it is a very dark brown on one side, turn it over, sprinkle with salt and cook the other side.
Transfer the steaks to a chopping board and cut them on an angle into slices about 3cms thick. The meat should still be quite rare.
Turn on the heat under the pan containing the oil, garlic and rosemary to a medium high. As soon as the oil begins to heat up, put in the steak slices and any remaining juices from the chopping board. Cook for 1 minute at a very lively heat, turning the meat over frequently and adding a liberal grinding of black pepper.
Transfer the meat to a warm platter and pour over the oil and juices from the pan, leave the garlic and rosemary in the pan. Serve piping hot, perfect with frites, rocket and a delicious glass of your favourite Italian wine.

Steak image courtesy of magazinearth.com

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London Festival of Wine 2017

20/9/2017

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We are very excited to be taking part in Tom Cannavan’s London Festival of Wine held on 14th October 2017. Tom is a well-known wine writer, judge, broadcaster (BBC Scotland particularly loving him) and the pioneering internet journalist behind www.wine-pages.com (set up in 1995).

Tom organised the first Festival of Wine in his native Glasgow in 2002 and has subsequently expanded to Edinburgh and London.

This is our first time exhibiting with him and we look to be in fabulous company: the list of exhibitors alone is enough to get you drooling. The venue is the magnificent Grand Hall of One George Street, Westminster SW1P 3AA in central London, 2 minutes walk from Westminster tube station. In keeping with Tom’s easy but informative style, the festival’s ethos is ‘serious without being stuffy’.

We look forward to showing off –I mean, ‘showcasing’ - our best-selling sparkling rosé, bold new reds and interesting whites from all corners of Italy. I believe tickets sold out at the end of August but if you are one of the lucky visitors, find us at Table 33. Doors open at 12.00pm. Click here for Flyer.

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