epic steak frites dinner: sizing up the cuts

The next youngandfoodish Steak Frites Tasting Dinner will be Tuesday 25 May in the private dining room of Racine Restaurant in London.

The menu will again feature three steak classics – onglet aux échalottes, filet au poivre, côte de boeuf – prepared by chef Henry Harris with the finest cuts of dry-aged, grass-fed beef selected by Darragh O’Shea of the great London butcher O’Shea’s of Knightsbridge. Each steak will be matched to a red wine selected by Peter Lowe of Berkmann Wine Cellars:

  • onglet aux échalottes <–> Morgon Domaine Jean Descombes 2008
  • filet au poivre <–> Antinori Santa Cristina 2008
  • côte de boeuf with béarnaise <– > Côtes-du-Rhône Saint-Esprit 2007
  • Space is limited. Book now.

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    Mastering the cutswatch the videos

    Why do you love steak frites?see the winning response in #steakfrites twitter competiton

    #steakfrites video 3: filet au poivre


    In part 3 of Steak Frites – Mastering the Cuts, Henry Harris of Racine Restaurant stresses that the rich, almost syrupy sauce in which his pepper-crusted showcase steak sits should not be likened to brandied butter or a flavoured stock. Rather, a proper filet au poivre, its peppery kick notwithstanding, is about bringing everything together in the right balance.

    Enter the why do you love #steakfrites? twitter contest to win the filet au poivre pictured above, along with Racine’s onglet aux échalottes and côte de boeuf and of course frites.