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Biftek (Beef Steak)

Asia › Turkey
serves 6 2 hr Hard 19 versions
Dinner For Guests Baked
Biftek tarifi
Dominic Lockyer · CC BY 2.0

Steak with Pastırma

One of 19 versions of Biftek (Beef Steak). The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 6 people
  • 900 gram beef fillet
  • 6 slice pastırma (air-dried cured beef)
  • 12 piece potato · large
  • 500 gram carrot
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 2 piece egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoon single cream
  • 2 tablespoon cornflour
  • 2 tablespoon breadcrumbs
  • 2 coffee cup (70 ml) margarine
  • 1 dessert spoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

How to make it

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  1. Wash and peel the potatoes and slice them at 2 mm intervals without cutting through the base; they should look like a fan.
  2. Wrap a slice of pastırma around each piece of beef fillet.
  3. Heat the fat and fry the fillets.
  4. Clean the carrots, boil them and work them into a puree.
  5. Stir the egg yolk, the single cream, the cornflour and the breadcrumbs into the puree; adjust the salt and the black pepper.
  6. Melt 1 coffee cup of margarine in a pan and brush it over the potatoes.
  7. Put the potatoes in a tray and bake at 200 degrees for 70 minutes.
    70 min
  8. Grease half of a baking tray.
  9. Fill a piping bag with the carrot puree and pipe it onto that half of the tray.
  10. Brush the remaining margarine over the fillets and lay them on the other half.
  11. Put it in the oven, bake for 12 minutes and transfer it to serving plates.
    12 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.

With peppers base 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
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
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

serves 4 20 min

Thinly sliced steak fried with bell peppers of three colours. Ready in twenty minutes, a dinner that finishes in one pan.

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Black bean sauce, with broccoli

serves 4 40 min

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.

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Chicken, in apple sauce

serves 6 1 hr 20 min

Chicken steaks rolled around a mushroom filling; a cheese bechamel on top and a sharp apple sauce alongside.

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In lemon sauce

serves 4 35 min

Steak cooked in a non-stick pan without fat; a light sauce thickened with lemon, honey and ginger.

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In puff pastry

serves 4 1 hr

Steak wrapped in puff pastry together with a mushroom filling; the top is closed with strips of pastry like a lattice.

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In red wine sauce

serves 6 2 hr 30 min

Steak cooked slowly for two hours in red wine; a spinach, mushroom and kaşar garnish alongside.

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Italian style

serves 4 1 hr

Tomato, mozzarella and basil on a thick steak; creamy cheese potatoes alongside.

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Marengo

serves 6 45 min

A sauce in which beef fillet cut into strips is cooked with red wine and mushrooms. Rice alongside.

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Minced meat roll, in tomato sauce

serves 6 50 min

A beef dish in which steaks are filled with a spiced minced meat and pea mixture, rolled up and baked in tomato paste liquid.

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Rolled with chicken filling

serves 6 1 hr

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.

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Rolled with mushroom and pastırma

serves 4 1 hr 50 min

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.

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Stir-fried with vegetables

serves 4 35 min

A Far Eastern soy sauce dish in which steak cut into strips is stir-fried quickly in a wok with bamboo, beansprouts and peas.

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Turkish-style grilled turkey

serves 4 40 min

Turkey steaks marinated in yoghurt and onion juice; the garnish cooks on the grill as well.

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With kaşar

serves 6 7 hr

Steak that rests for 6 hours in a vinegar marinade; tomato and kaşar cheese on top, and a basil tomato sauce alongside.

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With mushrooms

serves 4 40 min

Steak cooked in its own liquid with a mushroom mixture and kaşar cheese on top; it bakes until the cheese melts.

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With potatoes

serves 5 2 hr 35 min

Steak marinated for 1.5 hours with vinegar and parsley, over potatoes and onions baked underneath it.

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With vegetables

serves 4 1 hr

A light dish in which lean steak is cooked in water together with vegetables. Half an hour in a pressure cooker.

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With vegetables and cream

serves 4 1 hr

Steak baked with boiled vegetables; half the cream goes in as it cooks, half as it comes out of the oven.

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