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Biftek (Beef Steak)

Asia › Turkey
serves 5 2 hr 35 min Medium 19 versions
Biftek tarifi
Dominic Lockyer · CC BY 2.0

Steak with Potatoes

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

Ingredients

Servings 5 people
  • 5 piece beef steaks · each 150 g
  • half kilogram potato
  • 2 piece onion · medium
  • 5 tablespoon margarine
  • half water glass (200 ml) meat stock
  • half bunch parsley
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 dessert spoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

How to make it

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  1. Chop the parsley.
  2. Cut the potato into rounds half a centimetre thick.
  3. In a bowl, mix the steaks with the allspice, half the parsley, the vinegar and the salt.
  4. Leave them for 1.5 hours, turning the meat every half hour.
  5. Grease the inside of a dish with 2 tablespoons of margarine.
  6. Lay in the potatoes and the onions and pour the meat stock over them.
  7. Bring it to the boil on the hob.
  8. Transfer it to a tray and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 45 minutes, until the potatoes are soft.
    45 min
  9. Melt the remaining 3 spoonfuls of fat in a pan.
  10. Put the steaks in the pan and cook each side for a minute over a high heat.
  11. Lay the meat over the onions and potatoes.
  12. Add salt and black pepper and bake at 200 degrees for another 5 minutes.
    5 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
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 pastırma

serves 6 2 hr

Beef fillet wrapped in pastırma; with fan potatoes and carrot puree piped from a bag alongside.

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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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