Dry Aged Beef

[Mitch f]

I'm trying to cut back more on red meat to try and be a little healthier. Having said that, I'm going to try and make it more of a twice a month event. I had a dry aged steak at Flemings the last year and it was absolutely the best rib eye I've ever had in my life! So I've decided to buy a bone in rib eye roast every month and dry age the beef myself. I've seen some great youtube instructional videos on how to do this. Have any of you ever tried to dry age beef?

[rps]

Yes. If you are careful, the result is incredible. However it requires patience, attention to detail, and refrigerator space.

[Gavin]

Not hard to do but it takes time and attention to detail like RPS said.

[fishinwrench]

Used to work with an old toothless dude that would put a steak on a broiler pan and let it sit in his fridge until it turned half-rancid before he'd finally cook and eat it. I always thought he was crazy.

You'd go to get a beer and there that steak would be.....for weeks!

That just goes against everything I think I know about food.

[Mitch f]

Used to work with an old toothless dude that would put a steak on a broiler pan and let it sit in his fridge until it turned half-rancid before he'd finally cook and eat it. I always thought he was crazy.

You'd go to get a beer and there that steak would be.....for weeks!

That just goes against everything I think I know about food.

I guess with no teeth you need a very tender steak!

[ness]

Alton Brown did a Good Eats show on it a few years back. Not sure if you can find that online, but Food Network usually keeps all the recipes.

[Njardar]

We dry aged a standing rib roast for Christmas using Alton Brown's guidance. However we did not finish it off in a 500 degree oven, but continued smoking it (water smoker) to 10 degrees below rare. Removed and put in a cooler to finish cooking and keep it warm until we were ready to eat. Came out perfect. We cooked it rare so that if anyone wanted it done more we could put those pieces in the oven to cook longer. You may also want to check out the recipie for Bobby Flay's red wine steak sauce. And if you smoke the roast don't forget the applewood chips.

[Old plug]

Eating health Mitch has a lot more to do with your habits. This means no more baked fish covered with fatty salty crushed potato chips you, know.

[5bites]

Alton Brown did a Good Eats show on it a few years back. Not sure if you can find that online, but Food Network usually keeps all the recipes.

A whole bunch of his stuff is on YouTube. I enjoy it quite a bit.

[Feathers and Fins]

Mitch ever since the heart attack I have been eating healthier had to change all my old habits and dry-aged is one of the things I eat now and its awesome. All my sauces are used in moderation as some can be very sweet. The use of a trivet in cooking meats has really made a difference in flavor and texture as well. 47 Pounds later gone and I FEEL GREAT. But diet only goes so far if you don't change other habits like exercise and sleep patterns. It amazed me how going to bed at a regular time and getting up at a regular time made such a massive difference.