Biftek (Beef Steak)
Steak, Italian Style
One of 19 versions of Biftek (Beef Steak). The table below shows how their ingredients differ.
Ingredients
- 4 piece thick beef steaks · each about 200 g
- 1 piece tomato
- 1 packet mozzarella
- 8 leaf basil
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 dessert spoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- For the potatoes
- 6 piece potato
- 5 tablespoon cream
- 1 piece egg
- 125 gram cheese · grated kaşar or parmesan
How to make it
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Salt and pepper both sides of the steaks.
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Fry them in hot fat for about 5 minutes, turning them only once.5 min
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Lift the meat out of the pan and put a slice of tomato, a slice of mozzarella and two basil leaves on each.
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Transfer the meat to a baking tray and cook for about 5 minutes, until the cheese is golden.5 min
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Boil the potatoes a little, peel them, cut them thinly and arrange them on a baking tray.
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Mix the cream, the egg, the salt and the black pepper and pour it over the potatoes.
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Arrange the remaining grated cheese over the potatoes.
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Bake in a preheated oven for about 30 minutes and serve with the steak.30 min
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Biftek (Beef Steak) versions
They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.
| Ingredient | With peppers | Black bean sauce, with broccoli | Chicken, in apple sauce | In lemon sauce | In puff pastry | In red wine sauce | Italian style | Marengo | Minced meat roll, in tomato sauce | Rolled with chicken filling | Rolled with mushroom and pastırma | Stir-fried with vegetables | Turkish-style grilled turkey | With kaşar | With mushrooms | With pastırma | With potatoes | With vegetables | With vegetables and cream |
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| salt | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| beef steak | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| black pepper | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| onion | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| oil | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| carrot | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| garlic | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — |
| margarine | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| water | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| mushrooms | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| potato | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| parsley | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| pepper | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| tomato | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| kaşar cheese | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| olive oil | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| cream | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| egg | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — |
| flour | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| milk | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ |
| oregano | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| peas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| soy sauce | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| tomato paste | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| basil | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| cornflour | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| cumin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ginger | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| meat stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| pastırma (air-dried cured beef) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — |
| red wine | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| vinegar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| allspice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| apple | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| bamboo shoots | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| bay leaf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| beans | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| beansprouts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| beef fillet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — |
| beef fillet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| beef stock | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| black bean sauce | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| breadcrumbs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — |
| broccoli | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| butter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| cheese | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| cider vinegar | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| cornflour | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — |
| fillet steak | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| frying oil | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| garlic sauce | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| honey | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ketchup | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| leek | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| lemon juice | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| long-grain rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| minced meat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| mozzarella | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| mustard | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| paste | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
With peppers
Thinly sliced steak fried with bell peppers of three colours. Ready in twenty minutes, a dinner that finishes in one pan.
Open this versionBlack bean sauce, with broccoli
A Chinese dish in which thinly sliced steak rests in a black bean sauce marinade and is stir-fried with broccoli, leek and water chestnuts.
Open this versionChicken, in apple sauce
Chicken steaks rolled around a mushroom filling; a cheese bechamel on top and a sharp apple sauce alongside.
Open this versionIn lemon sauce
Steak cooked in a non-stick pan without fat; a light sauce thickened with lemon, honey and ginger.
Open this versionIn puff pastry
Steak wrapped in puff pastry together with a mushroom filling; the top is closed with strips of pastry like a lattice.
Open this versionIn red wine sauce
Steak cooked slowly for two hours in red wine; a spinach, mushroom and kaşar garnish alongside.
Open this versionMarengo
A sauce in which beef fillet cut into strips is cooked with red wine and mushrooms. Rice alongside.
Open this versionMinced meat roll, in tomato sauce
A beef dish in which steaks are filled with a spiced minced meat and pea mixture, rolled up and baked in tomato paste liquid.
Open this versionRolled with chicken filling
A beef dish in which beef steaks are rolled around a chicken filling with cream and soy sauce, baked, and served with a garlic carrot garnish.
Open this versionRolled with mushroom and pastırma
Beef rolls in which steaks are spread with mustard, rolled up with pastırma and a mushroom filling, coated in flour, fried and then cooked slowly in the oven.
Open this versionStir-fried with vegetables
A Far Eastern soy sauce dish in which steak cut into strips is stir-fried quickly in a wok with bamboo, beansprouts and peas.
Open this versionTurkish-style grilled turkey
Turkey steaks marinated in yoghurt and onion juice; the garnish cooks on the grill as well.
Open this versionWith kaşar
Steak that rests for 6 hours in a vinegar marinade; tomato and kaşar cheese on top, and a basil tomato sauce alongside.
Open this versionWith mushrooms
Steak cooked in its own liquid with a mushroom mixture and kaşar cheese on top; it bakes until the cheese melts.
Open this versionWith pastırma
Beef fillet wrapped in pastırma; with fan potatoes and carrot puree piped from a bag alongside.
Open this versionWith potatoes
Steak marinated for 1.5 hours with vinegar and parsley, over potatoes and onions baked underneath it.
Open this versionWith vegetables
A light dish in which lean steak is cooked in water together with vegetables. Half an hour in a pressure cooker.
Open this versionWith vegetables and cream
Steak baked with boiled vegetables; half the cream goes in as it cooks, half as it comes out of the oven.
Open this version