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Need help with choosing a cut of meat

Posted on 1/13/12 at 10:47 am
Posted by Dave Worth
Metairie
Member since Dec 2003
1810 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 10:47 am
One of my favorite meals is Veal Marsala served over pasta. I've also made steak before where I fry it in butter and add red wine to the leftover to reduce for a sauce. I want to try a mixture of the two.

I want to prepare some beef the same way I do the veal...small pieces pounded or sliced thin. Dust in flour and fried in oil and butter (after the mushrooms). Then remove and add red wine and reduce til thick and syrupy like the marsala.

Any ideas on the best cut to use? Nothing fatty like a ribeye. Thinking about either filets sliced thin or a cheaper cut. What do you think about something like sirloin (fat trimmed) or flank steak?
Posted by Whitrabbt
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2009
437 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 10:52 am to
Flank Steak is definately underated. If your just gonna pound the shite out of it to flatten it I dont think it would really matter what you get. Filet just seems like a waste for this.
Posted by jmtigers
1826.71 miles from USC
Member since Sep 2003
4970 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 10:52 am to
why not just some bottom round
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15843 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 11:06 am to
I wouldn't do filet either.

Maybe sirloin.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50131 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 11:10 am to
Eye of round...slice thin and don't spare the veal mallet.
This post was edited on 1/13/12 at 11:11 am
Posted by CITWTT
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
31765 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 11:26 am to
Lamb, go for the gusto.
Posted by Showplay
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2011
181 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 1:04 pm to
Sirloin.
Posted by Dave Worth
Metairie
Member since Dec 2003
1810 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 2:35 pm to
Thanks for the replies!

I thought about going with the filet. A butcher nearby sells 2 and 4 oz pieces...kind of small. In that case I wouldn't pound them, just slice it thin.

I'll take a look at the eye of round...never tried it before.
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