I prefer a thick-cut steak, a proper doorstopper. And I favour this sirloin with pink peppercorns and fresh fennel from the kitchen garden.
Pepper steak, Karoo-style: Tony Jackman’s thick-cut sirloin with pink peppercorns, coriander, garlic and fennel, photographed at the Boekehuis, Calvinia. 17 April 2024.
At Calvinia Vleis, which has become a legendary butchery , I surveyed the steaks that were lying side-by-side in their display fridge and they were all a tad scrawny for my liking. Anyway, I am alone, and they were packed in pairs. Later, sitting on the front stoep to enjoy the sunset, my eye fell on the trees across the road. Brazilian peppercorn, those trees that are so ubiquitous in the Karoo but which many people just call “pepper trees”, and at this time of the year they are laden with fronds of peppercorns hanging in pretty pink bunches. In fact, the ripe berries of the Brazilian or Peruvian pepper tree are not regarded as true peppercorns at all.
There’s fennel growing in the little garden outside my kitchen door, so I picked some of the fennel too. And I included some fresh garlic and crushed coriander seeds in the mix as well. Melt plenty of butter in a pan on a low heat. When it has melted, add the seasoning mixture and a little salt and stir. Let it infuse on a low heat for five minutes or so.
Finally, cook the steak on its two flat sides, until medium rare would be my recommendation, or the way you prefer it to be done. Reheat the peppercorn butter, and pour it over the steak.This is absolutely delicious in the middle of all the sad news in our country. Were any vegetables in the vicinity of this amazing steak?It’s the nature of the steak, the beef, the cow that counts, not the colour of the peppercorns, or other secondary effects.
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