Hanger steak, clams, smoked garlic, sea vegetables

  • medium
  • 4
  • 45 minutes
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This elegant hanger steak recipe from Paul Foster is remarkably speedy to put together, thanks to the quick cooking time of each component. Pairing the steak with salty, sweet cockles brings a touch of the seaside to this brilliant dinner party dish.

First published in 2015
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Ingredients

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Hanger steak

Clams with smoked garlic

Chervil tubers

Sea vegetables

  • 50g of sea purslane
  • 50g of sea campion
  • 50g of sea kale
  • 50g of rock samphire

Method

1
Heat a large pan with a tightly fitting lid over a high heat. Add the clams and white wine, replace the lid and cook until the clams have opened, for approximately 2–3 minutes. Transfer to a tray to cool
2
Once cooled, pick the meat out of the clams and keep in the fridge until needed
3
Preheat the oven to 100°C
4
Cut the garlic bulb in half and pan-fry the flat side in the butter until golden. Remove from the heat and place in the oven for 15 minutes until the cloves are soft. Remove the cloves, pour the butter over the top and reserve until needed
5
Peel the chervil tubers and blanch in boiling water for 4 minutes, leaving them still slightly firm
6
Sear the steaks in a hot pan and add the butter, turning every 30 seconds whilst the butter is foaming. Add the tubers and cook for 4 minutes in total. Leave the meat to rest for 5 minutes
  • 4 hanger steaks, each weighing 200g, trimmed
  • 100g of butter
7
Blanch the sea vegetables for 30 seconds in boiling water
  • 50g of sea purslane
  • 50g of sea campion
  • 50g of sea kale
  • 50g of rock samphire
8
Carve the hanger steak thinly against the grain, season with sea salt and place on the plate. Mix the smoked garlic, clams and sea vegetables together, warm gently in a pan and arrange over the steak. Place the chervil tubers beside the steak and serve
First published in 2015
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Focused, skilled and intelligent, Paul Foster works with the materials he has around him to create extraordinary dishes which sing with a vibrancy perfectly in tune with their surroundings.

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