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Santo Beef Steak

Name: Santo Beef Steak
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Vanuatu
Ingredients: 4 (steak-cut) Beef; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Black Pepper; 30g Butter; 2 cloves Garlic; 100ml Heavy Cream; 4 Potato

Main Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Lean beef from cattle grazed under coconut palms, grilled — Vanuatu's famous steak.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

On Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, cattle graze under the palms of coconut plantations and are raised on grass alone. Known as Santo beef, it's prized for being tender and full-flavored and is served as a specialty in island restaurants. It's simply grilled with salt and pepper and served with pepper sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Santo, cattle graze in the shade of a coconut plantation as grilled steaks are carried out at a nearby restaurant.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 4 (steak-cut)
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper 1 tsp
Butter 30g
Garlic 2 cloves
Heavy Cream 100ml
Potato 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Bring the beef to room temperature and season with salt and pepper.
Heat a frying pan over high heat, sear both sides to your liking, and rest.
Add the butter, crushed garlic, and coarse pepper to the same pan until fragrant.
Add the cream and reduce into a pepper sauce.
Serve with boiled potatoes and pour over the sauce.

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