Steak Slice with Lemon and Thyme

Name: Steak Slice with Lemon and Thyme
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 rump steak (1-inch thick) weighing approximately 1 pound 4 ounces; Oil, for greasing; 5 stalks fresh thyme to give 1 tablespoon of stripped leaves; 2 bruised cloves garlic; 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 lemon, zested and juiced; 1 teaspoon Maldon salt or 1/2 teaspoon table salt; Good grinding fresh pepper

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Level: Easy
Total: 15 min

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

This recipe, or rather the method, was suggested to me by my agent Ed Victor, and so is known familiarly as Ed's Tender Rump. The method is this: instead of marinading the meat before cooking, you marinade it after -- and it really does keep it extraordinarily tender. Please feel free to play around with the herbs; I think Ed himself uses oregano rather than the thyme I love. I love this with broccoletti or those leggy tenderstem broccoli. A couple of packets, lightly cooked and then drained and placed in the marinade after the beef's out and sliced, is the most heavenly accompaniment. And I can't tell you how good both steak and broccoli are cold later.

Level: Easy
Total: 15 min

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 10 min

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

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1 rump steak (1-inch thick) weighing approximately 1 pound 4 ounces

Oil, for greasing

5 stalks fresh thyme to give 1 tablespoon of stripped leaves

2 bruised cloves garlic

1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 lemon, zested and juiced

1 teaspoon Maldon salt or 1/2 teaspoon table salt

Good grinding fresh pepper

Directions

Cut away the fat from around the edge of the steak while you heat a griddle or pan.
Brush the steak with oil to prevent it sticking to the griddle or pan, and then 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.
While the steak is cooking, place the thyme leaves, garlic, oil, lemon zest, juice, salt and pepper in a wide shallow dish.
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.