Beef steak, carrot and sour cream

• sweet candied pumpkin seeds
• sour cream gel
• thickened balsamic vinegar
• Bean Blossom

For the steaks:

• 1 kg of beef steaks
• 200 g oak wood chips
• 1 cl beetroot syrup
• 1 cl balsamic vinegar
• fleur de sel

For the carrot puree:

• 6 sand roots
• 5 cl rapeseed oil
• salt

For the braised carrots:

• 2 sand roots
• 4 sprigs of thyme
• 1 cl white wine vinegar
• 10 g caster sugar
• 40 g of thistle oil
• laurel
• aniseed

For the pickled sand root:

• 2 sand roots
• 4 cl white wine vinegar
• 20 g of sugar
• laurel
• mustard seed
• Cardamom Leaves

For the sour cream sauce:

• 200 g of sour cream
• 5 dl veal gravy
• 2 chopped onions
• salt
• Bourbon pepper

Smoke the steaks cold on oak for 45 minutes. Mix and reduce the syrup and vinegar, rub the steaks with it and marinate in the refrigerator for 6 hours.

Vacuum the steaks, cook in a 54°C water bath for 10 minutes, then fry briefly on the lava grill. Season with the fleur de sel.

Peel and cut the carrots, mix and vacuum all ingredients, cook in a water bath and blender until smooth.

Mix all the ingredients for the braised carrots on a baking dish and cook in the oven at 150°C.

Mix all the ingredients for the pickled sand root and weck. For the sauce, turn on the onion without colouring, mix in the sour cream and let it caramelize.

Add the veal gravy, cook until thick and pass through a sieve and season. Dress all components on a plate, garnish with the Bean Blossom and spoon the gravy with it.

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Spa & Golfresort Weimarerland

Weimarer Str. 60, Blankenhain
Tel. 0049 36459 61640
www.golfresort-weimarerland.de

Recipe: Marcel Fischer
Source: Culinaire Saisonnier 88 - Spring 2018