You’ll think I’m obsessed with this book and you would be right. If anything happened to it, I would buy another one, or get this one sorted at a book binders. The recipe is from Nigel Slater’s book, The Kitchen Diaries. I got the pork steaks from Long Island Larder, locally raised produce. They do produce boxes, croft visits, and will be opening a shop next year.
Don’t get caught out (as I often do) – this involves marinading the pork steaks for at least an hour before cooking.
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 pork steaks
- 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 peppercorns
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- juice of half a lemon
METHOD:
- Strip the leaves from the rosemary sprigs, and put them in a large pestle with the salt, pepper and roughly chopped garlic. I used seasalt to help with pounding and grinding this to a rough paste. Add the olive oil one spoonful at a time, keep grinding, and then add the lemon juice.
- Rub the marinade onto the pork steaks and put them in a lidded plastic box or plastic bag in the fridge for at least an hour.
- Preheat the grill to around 200C. Grill the steaks for around 7 to 8 minutes each side. You may need less if the steaks are thinly cut, more if they are really chunky. Once the fat is beginning to crisp up, and the steaks look done, remove from the grill, cover and let them sit for a few minutes before serving.
We served these with baked potatoes and beetroot. The potatoes soaked up the meat juices and flavours from the marinade. Delicious.