Steak Slice With Lemon and Thyme

Steak Slice With Lemon and Thyme Recipe


Serves: 4
 
Ingredients

•     1 x 2½ centimetres thick rump steak (approx. 600g / 1¼lb)
•     5 stalks thyme (to give 1 tablespoon of leaves)
•     2 cloves garlic (bruised)
•     80 millilitres extra virgin olive oil
•     zest and juice of ½ lemon
•     1 teaspoon maldon salt (or ½ teaspoon table salt)
•     pepper

Directions

1. Cut away the fat from around the edge of the steak while you heat a griddle or heavybased pan.
2. Brush the steak with oil to prevent it sticking to the griddle or pan, and cook for 3 minutes a side plus 1 minute each side turned again (this gives you pretty griddle marks) for desirably rare meat; the lemon in the post-hoc marinade "cooks" it a little more.
3. While the steak is cooking, place the thyme leaves, garlic, oil, lemon zest and juice, and salt and pepper in a wide, shallow dish.
4. Once the steak is cooked, place it in the dish of marinade for 4 minutes a side, before removing it to a board and slicing thinly on the diagonal.