Grilling in your Woodfired Oven

In this section, David's talking all about grilling in your woodfired oven. As he says, don't call your oven a pizza oven but a woodfired oven and then you can cook anything in it - including grilling amazing steaks, chops, fish and vegetables. To do this we use a Tuscan grill, sat over a bed of embers - so your oven is now effectively a barbecue! 

Here are the important bits of this section - 
  • 0.52 - what is a Tuscan grill?
  • 1.34 - sit the Tuscan grill over a bed of embers to heat up. We use a hard wood to make the embers - something like oak works really well. Make sure the grill is hot before you add your ingredients
  • 2.56 - seasoning the sirloin steaks. Remember to oil the steak so your salt and pepper sticks to it and the steaks are less likely to stick
  • 3.40 - you don't need to completely heat the oven to use the Tuscan grill; you can just create a bed of embers and cook over them. 
  • our sacrificial grill brush made out of fresh rosemary
  • 4.55 - adding flavoured woods
  • 5.50 - oiling your grill before adding the steaks - remember to wear your gauntlets!
  • 6.46 - timing your steak cooking
  • 7.20 - using a compound butter to add flavours
  • 8.30 - resting the steaks with the butter melting over the top
  • 8.48 - after 5 minutes resting, slice the steak - remember to slice it across the grain
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