Sous Vide Steak Topped with a quenelle of Smoky Butter

Anova Culinary

Sous vide steak is an absolute winner. But chances are you've probably had it a fair few times by now. So here's something a bit different to your standard steak. Basically it's a normal sous vide steak, but it's served with a quenelle of smoked butter on top for a real earthy flavor (like it's been cooked over an open flame without actually having to do it). 

Author

Christina Wylie

Christina Wylie is an award-winning writer, author, editor, food stylist, recipe creator, entrepreneur and radio host whose work has been featured in The Times & The Sunday Times, Time Out (Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai), Traveler’s Digest, Fah Thai Magazine, Broadsheet, Wining & Dining and many other internationally renowned publications. In 2013, after almost a decade of working as an international journalist, Christina founded the online lifestyle magazine The GAB Magazine, for which she now leads a team of 60 writers based all across Australia. She then founded Samui Life Magazine in 2016. After working as a recipe creator for Anova Culinary for over a year, she signed a cookbook contract with the American-based, international publishing company Quarto. Her cookbook, titled The Sous Vide Kitchen: Techniques, Ideas, and More Than 100 Recipes to Cook at Home, was published worldwide in 2017. She wrote, styled, and photographed everything that you see within that book. In 2017 she opened her first restaurant, Bootlegger, in Koh Samui, Thailand. She is currently in the initial stages of launching Bootlegger 2 in Phuket in 2018, and is looking to open Bootlegger 3 in Bangkok in 2019. She is currently working towards stepping into the world of food and travel presenting. As an entrepreneur herself, Christina co-founded the charity initiative Project Gen Z in 2015 to teach orphaned Cambodian children entrepreneurial skills. A British expat born and raised in Hong Kong, Christina has worked across the globe, and has lived in Thailand, London, Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa over the years.

Prep Time: 00:10

Recipe Time: 03:00

Temperature : 134.6F / 57C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat Anova sous vide machine to 134F (57C).
  2. Seal the steaks in bags, place the bags into the water bath and set the timer on your Anova to 3 hours.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together the butter with 1 tsp smoked salt and some pepper – form 2 tbs of the mixture into quenelles (using two tablespoons) and reserve the remaining tbs for frying.

Finishing Steps

  1. When the steaks are finished cooking sous vide, pat them dry and fry them in a hot pan with the premade butter mixture for a minute on each side and serve with a quenelle of the smoked butter mixture on top.