Braised silverside steak recipe

Dinner with the family may be easy and fast, but sometimes you want to do something special. Often, we draw our cues from what professional chefs do, which is often easier than it seems. This traditional recipe for braised silverside steak provides you the chance to produce something extraordinary for your family. This dish is perfect for weekend lunches and dinner parties.

Braised silverside steak suggestions

The easy part of this dish is the marinade, which consists of of onions, garlic, red wine, and brown sugar. When you fried the steak, the sugar will help it brown and caramelise. Just get some colour on the steak and braise it in a covered pan until it’s tender. Vegetables like carrots and green beans may be added to the liquid. The bacon and pork belly complement it with the most delicious flavours.

This dish for braised silverside steak combines traditional methods with contemporary approaches and flavours. It’s a satisfying and filling weekend dinner option.

Braised silverside steak recipe

Source: Gary Dunn

Course: Main

Cuisine: Global

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 6 servings

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 2 hours 

Total time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg whole silverside steak

• 125 g speck (smoked pork belly)

• black pepper

• 250 g bacon

• 7 ml salt

• 25 ml olive oil

Marindade

• 25 ml olive oil

• 2 onions, chopped

• 1 clove garlic crushed

• 500 ml dry red wine

• 10 g brown sugar

Method

• Mix the marinade ingredients together.
• Cut the speck into 5mm strips and layer the meat.
• Add meat to the marinade and leave overnight in the fridge.
• Remove the meat from the marinade, make 4 equal cuts in the surface of the rmeat and place bacon bits into the cuts.
• Secure with string to form a roll.
• Sprinkle the steak with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and brown meat on both sides.
• Rduce the heat and add remaining warmed marinade.
• Cover the pot and simmer until tender.