Easy Gaelic Irish Steak Recipes

BEEF AND GUINNESS STEW

Steps:

• Cut the beef into 5cm/2" chunks. Pat dry then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a heavy based pot over high heat. Add beef in batches and brown well all over. Remove onto plate. Repeat with remaining beef.
• Lower heat to medium. If the pot is looking dry, add oil.
• Cook garlic and onion for 3 minutes until softening, then add bacon.
• Cook until bacon is browned, then stir through carrot and celery.
• Add flour, and stir for 1 minute to cook off the flour.
• Add Guinness, chicken broth/stock and tomato paste. Mix well (to ensure flour dissolves well), add bay leaves and thyme.
• Return beef into the pot (including any juices). Liquid level should just cover - see video or photos.
• Cover, lower heat so it is bubbling gently. Cook for 2 hours - the beef should be pretty tender by now. Remove lid then simmer for a further 30 - 45 minutes or until the beef falls apart at a touch, the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly.
• Skim off fat on surface, if desired. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaves and thyme.
• Serve with creamy mashed potatoes!!

PAN-FRIED GAELIC STEAK

Steps:

• Dry the steaks with a paper towel and season them with the black pepper.
• Heat butter& oil in a frying pan and add steaks.
• Cook steaks on medium heat to your preferred doneness, turning over once half way through.
• Remove steaks to a warm plate and pour off the fat from the pan.
• Return pan to stove and add whiskey.
• Stir, being sure to scrape up dripping from the pan bottom.
• Reduce heat and add cream.
• Simmer for few minutes, until the cream thickens.
• Season sauce with salt and pepper, and pour over the steaks.
• Serve immediately.

GAELIC BOXTY

Steps:

• Boxty Mix:
• Wash and drain the raw potatoes at least twice to remove all starch. Place the raw and mashed potatoes in a large pot, add the flour and milk. Season and blend to a smooth consistency. Drop a small ladle full onto a hot griddle; push the mixture from the center outwards with the bottom of the ladle, cook for 2 minutes then flip the boxty over and cook through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Gaelic Filling:
• Sear the fillets on both sides in an oiled, well-heated pan, remove from the pan and set aside. Fry the onions and mushrooms until soft, add the whiskey (careful not to burn your eyebrows off), add the cream, cracked pepper and season with salt, to taste. Reduce a little then return the fillets to the pan continue cooking until the sauce thickened to the right consistency.
• Gaelic boxty:
• Place 3 medallions onto each hot boxty, cover with sauce and roll over to make an omelette shape spoon some sauce on the top and garnish with watercress.

IRISH GAELIC STEAK

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, heat butter and oil.
• Add the steaks and cook 2 - 3 minutes on each side (for rare). Transfer to a warm plate and cover.
• Add garlic, shallot and mushrooms to the pan and cook 2 - 3 minutes until soft, but not browned.
• Stir in the honey and mustard and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the whiskey and stock or broth and cook for 3 - 4 minutes or until reduced in half.
• Whisk in cream and cook 2 - 3 minutes more or until thickened.
• Season with salt and pepper.

IRISH STEAKS

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil and butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat until butter has melted. Cook and stir onions in butter and oil until lightly golden brown, about 10 minutes. Push onions aside with a spatula.
• Rub steaks with cut sides of garlic clove.
• Place steaks in the skillet, leaving the onions to the side, and cook over medium-high heat until meat is browned but still lightly pink inside, 2 to 4 minutes per side.
• Remove the skillet from heat. Slowly pour Irish whiskey into the hot skillet (be careful, whiskey fumes are flammable). Mix browned onions into whiskey and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat.
• Sprinkle steaks with salt, black pepper, and parsley; turn steaks over in whiskey pan sauce to coat both sides, and serve drizzled with sauce.

GAELIC STEAK FLAMBE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Have filets at room temperature. Sprinkle with black pepper.
• 2. Melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat in an ovenproof skillet. Saute shallots for a minute or two, then add the mushrooms. Continue cooking until the mushrooms are slightly brown and the shallots are soft. Remove and set aside.
• 3. Turn the heat up in the pan. Saute the steaks quickly on both sides (this should take between 2-5 minutes each side).
• The steaks should be nicely seared.
• Put them in the oven for 5-10 minutes to finish, depending upon the thickness of the steaks. Take them out when the internal temp reaches how well done you like your steaks.
• Remove the steaks from the oven and put on a plate.
• 4. Melt the other tablespoon of butter in another pan over low heat. Add the steaks. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
• Pour the whiskey over the steaks and ignite!
• When the flames die down, turn the steaks over for about 30 seconds. Remove and tent the steaks on a warm plate.
• 5. Add the shallots and mushrooms back to the pan with the whiskey and slowly add half and half. Turn up the temperature a bit.
• Add Worcestershire sauce and salt to taste. Stir and cook a few minutes to thicken sauce and pour over steaks.