Speaking of Steak Florentine....My only trip to Italy to date was in October 2022 with our dinner club of 10. We went to Florence and had dinner at a restaurant just down from the museum. I let the wife talk me into getting and spitting a filet. Still kicking myself for that!! When I saw how the Steak Florentine being grilled and served at other tables I knew it was a bad compromise!! When I returned to Reidsville, NC USA (30 min. from where Harper went to NC School of the Arts!) and the wife went out of town with her friends, I made up for that mistake!! I went to the local store where they had USDA Choice bone-in ribeye roast...on sale. The butcher cut me a 4-finger think cut (3 1/4"). I took it home and like I noticed in Florence, I made about 4 - 1" cuts into the sides of the meat then lightly salted w/Diamond Krystal Kosher Salt, fresh pepper and onion powdered it. Then lightly sprayed it with fresh California Ranch EVOO. Let it rest for 2+ hours then onto the grill. I high seared the heck out of it on both sides and standing on edges for about a minute then let it rest covered for 7 minutes. Then a final sear for about 30 seconds again on both sides and standing on edges and again rest for 7 minutes!! The result...can't wait until the wife goes off again on her girly weekend trip!! Buon Appetito!!
Hi Danny! Nice comment, sounds like a great steak! You can watch them grilling steak at the restaurants in Florence, and they also do them vertically, searing the sides, all lined up like soldiers.
Max , when they come to my cell to ask me what I want for my last meal, I am going to ask for grilled steak and white beans and some steamed grains. I just love reading these pieces.
We could start with magazine photos of a typical Mediterranean Diet, which reliably show a fillet of salmon—a cold-water fish that has never set fin in the Mediterranean. HA HA HA !!
this is why I laugh at those Italian food bloggers with Salmon, or Smoked Salmon --- this was never a thing in our Italian home, SALMON!!
and to which I say that Tuscans! have it right -- meat is their religion! and I'm apart of that religion!! the very rare not so much but meat, they must have great cattle! Great article Max!! hope you enjoyed your Easter feast with Eva and Harper!!
Thank you Marnie! You can definitely find salmon in Italy now, generally from Scandinavia and most of it farmed. There is even a specialty salmon store near me the center of Rome, mostly smoked salmon. But yeah certainly not traditional Italian food.
Speaking of Steak Florentine....My only trip to Italy to date was in October 2022 with our dinner club of 10. We went to Florence and had dinner at a restaurant just down from the museum. I let the wife talk me into getting and spitting a filet. Still kicking myself for that!! When I saw how the Steak Florentine being grilled and served at other tables I knew it was a bad compromise!! When I returned to Reidsville, NC USA (30 min. from where Harper went to NC School of the Arts!) and the wife went out of town with her friends, I made up for that mistake!! I went to the local store where they had USDA Choice bone-in ribeye roast...on sale. The butcher cut me a 4-finger think cut (3 1/4"). I took it home and like I noticed in Florence, I made about 4 - 1" cuts into the sides of the meat then lightly salted w/Diamond Krystal Kosher Salt, fresh pepper and onion powdered it. Then lightly sprayed it with fresh California Ranch EVOO. Let it rest for 2+ hours then onto the grill. I high seared the heck out of it on both sides and standing on edges for about a minute then let it rest covered for 7 minutes. Then a final sear for about 30 seconds again on both sides and standing on edges and again rest for 7 minutes!! The result...can't wait until the wife goes off again on her girly weekend trip!! Buon Appetito!!
Hi Danny! Nice comment, sounds like a great steak! You can watch them grilling steak at the restaurants in Florence, and they also do them vertically, searing the sides, all lined up like soldiers.
Max , when they come to my cell to ask me what I want for my last meal, I am going to ask for grilled steak and white beans and some steamed grains. I just love reading these pieces.
Haha I'm with you! Thanks for the kind words.
Greens , not grains.
We could start with magazine photos of a typical Mediterranean Diet, which reliably show a fillet of salmon—a cold-water fish that has never set fin in the Mediterranean. HA HA HA !!
this is why I laugh at those Italian food bloggers with Salmon, or Smoked Salmon --- this was never a thing in our Italian home, SALMON!!
and to which I say that Tuscans! have it right -- meat is their religion! and I'm apart of that religion!! the very rare not so much but meat, they must have great cattle! Great article Max!! hope you enjoyed your Easter feast with Eva and Harper!!
Thank you Marnie! You can definitely find salmon in Italy now, generally from Scandinavia and most of it farmed. There is even a specialty salmon store near me the center of Rome, mostly smoked salmon. But yeah certainly not traditional Italian food.