No ordinary steak dinner

Stuffed zucchini flowers

So Pig Flyin' had been gifted with a whole slab of scotch steak by K. He needed a few eaters to help him out, and boy, I always love to help a friend in need.

I don't need to remind you that Pig Flyin' knows how to cook. In fact, as the G-man pointed out, Pig Flyin's amazing feasts have only served to make us dinner party snobs - it's increasingly hard to be impressed after eating homemade parmesan ice cream and chilled almond milk soup! Not that I'm ever one to look a gifthorse in the mouth. Food made with love always tastes good.

And so even though we've been invited for a dinner of steak, we know there'll be more. Lots more, and it was all so very good.


Deep-fried zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta

The kitchen is the natural congregation room and we feasted on deep-fried zucchini flowers fresh from the fryer, the stuffing of ricotta deliciously gooey and soft.


Soft shell crabs being defrosted


Freshly cleaned squid


Green banana prawns

The crab, calamari and prawns were dredged with flour and then deep-fried for a rolling entree of fritto misto, or fried seafood.


Fried soft shell crab


Fried squid


Fried prawns in shell

The fried prawns were my favourite, the shells so crisp they were munched down for an extreme hit of prawn flavour tempered by the generous dip in homemade creamy aioli.


The luscious marbled scotch steaks


Searing the steaks

Cooking a steak is a bit like making an omelette. It seems simple enough but in the hands of a master, the taste is extraordinary. Pig Fyin' seared his steaks on a cast iron griddle and then finished them off in the oven.

Allowed to rest and then sliced, the steaks were dressed with a zingy lemon and parsley sauce.


Slicing the medium rare steaks


Steaks dressed with lemon and parsley


Steak porn

Do I need to tell you how tender the steaks were? These fat-ribboned hunks of flesh may as well have been made out of butter.


Roasted potatoes cooked in home-rendered duck fat


Sides of cauliflower and green beans


Roasted cauliflower with toasted breadcrumbs and hazelnuts

Potatoes roasted in duck fat are sinfully good. Roasted three times in the oven, these were superbly crunchy. like my veggies too, and along with the squeaky green beans, I dug into the cauliflower with gusto, the toasted hazelnuts and bread crumbs enhancing the cauliflower's natural nuttiness.


Valrhona dark chocolate mousse with raspberry coulis

Why finish a meal with halves? It was all-out war with our digestive tracts: big spoonfuls of rich dark chocolate mousse paired with raspberry coulis and alternate mouthfuls of a very alcoholic tiramisu.


Boozy whisky-soaked tiramisu

And after a feast by Pig Flyin'? Lots of pigs lying. On lounges. Groaning with pleasure and pain.


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