Lemon and steak it just sounds like the perfect marriage. The acidity is supposed to cut out the
fattiness but most importantly it should turn out fantastic. But today we're not only going
to be using a regular lemon I'll be using one that is extremely special which might
look ugly but the taste will surprise you. Because this is the preserved lemon steak
experiment. So let's do it! And here we have the star of today's show, preserved lemon. Now
this one was bought and if you never tried one it's something very difficult to explain.
It doesn't taste like regular lemon let me slice one over so you can see what it looks like inside.
Not very appetizing, that's because of the process it went through. You see preserved lemon is like
fermentation it goes through a process to keep it preserved that way you can enjoy it for a
long time. If you wanted to make preserved lemons it's super simple to do, the first thing you need
is fresh lemon, cut out the end, then immediately split the whole thing in four. Now you don't
want to cut it all the way through, that's what the expert says but I've done this before and
it doesn't really matter if you cut it or not not that big of a difference. Because then you want to
throw it in a jar, add a good amount of salt, smash everything up, then add water, close it and let it
ferment at room temperature for 30 days. Because in the end you are left with this; preserved lemons.
The part i like the most is the skin, the flesh for me at least, is just not good. A lot of people use
it though, so it'll be up to you and this is what I was left with when I was done. The next thing to do
is to go ahead and dice everything up, the smaller the dice the better, because in the end I was left
with perfect little cubes of preserved lemon. Now we're going to transform this into something
incredible for steaks. And the first one take a look, this is a preserved lemon compound butter.
And here's how to do it; into the food processor I threw in some room temperature butter, followed by
garlic paste, freeze dried parsley, and of course the preserved lemon, followed by salt, and freshly
ground black pepper. Now turn on the food processor and blend everything together, lay out some clinch
plastic, throw that compound butter right in, and roll everything into itself, because now the only
thing left is to let it rest in the refrigerator so that it can solidify. Because after about one
hour take a look, preserved lemon compound butter. And my hopes is that it's going to be fantastic on
some steaks, that is to be determined real shortly because I also made this preserved lemon gremolata.
And this one is a lot easier to make than the compound butter and here's how; I first combine a
good amount of preserved lemon, followed by freshly minced garlic, fresh parsley, cracked black pepper, a
little bit of salt, and finish it off with a good quality olive oil. Mix everything well because
that's it, now this should pair perfectly with some steaks. Talking about that these are the ones I
chose for today's experiment, as you can see there are three beautiful ribeye steaks. They're choice
grade, as you can see the marbling is not the best but it's still good. Now to keep this consistent I
seasoned all of them exactly the same; I added salt, followed by freshly ground black pepper, and garlic
powder. As always I made sure to season both sides and the edges. But these beautiful steaks and a
compound butter and a gremolata sauce is just not enough, so of course I had to make a side dish and
these are addicting and extremely easy to make and here's how. So into a food processor I threw
in some parmigiano-reggiano, blend everything in high until everything was completely pulverized.
Then i added whatever cheese I had left on the refrigerator starting with Monterey Jack, followed
by Cheddar Cheese, a good amount of Cream Cheese a good amount, a little bit of onion powder, a little
bit of granulated garlic, for some moisture some black beer, now close the lid and blend everything
on high. Because in the end this is what you're left with. Now depending on the color of your
cheese this will have its own color, but hey I only used what I had left on my refrigerator. Talking
about that look this was also in my refrigerator. Sometimes you just want to buy this dough and not
make it fresh and there's nothing wrong with this. Because all you have to do is cut them in halves,
roll them up, grab a cast iron skillet, make sure you butter it real good so nothing gets stuck, place
all of the dough balls in there and the cheese dip right in the middle. Then I went ahead and stuck
it in the oven at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 30 minutes, as in the end this is what i was left with.
Do not forget this step, just brush a good amount of butter right on top. For a presentation just
sprinkle a little bit of parsley. Now I'll tell you one thing, this is delicious and the cheese dip is
addicting. Don't believe me? Well you just wait for us to try it on camera. Because now the only
thing left to do is to cook these beautiful steaks. And here's how it's gonna go down; the very first
one I'll be using fresh lemon, the other two I'll just be cooking them normal, but in the end I'll be
putting that beautiful compound butter on one of them and the other one I'll be using the gremolata.
Because now I say it is enough talking and it is time to cook some beautiful steaks. So let's do it!
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All right everybody here we have our beautiful steaks. I must say they look great today, today's
all about lemon all right. But it's not any kind of lemon let's just say a fancy lemon,
very fancy. And I must apologize you guys cannot see it but you can see there
something happened there. -I thought you're on a diet. -I am but uh -You were. -Not today. -Hey somebody
gotta try it for the sake of the video yeah. -Yeah no of course. -Yeah you could have tried it.
-I know right. -But you ain't try it you had a little snak. -Okay that lets you know if the side dish is good or not
everybody. I gotta be honest I gotta try it out first you know what I mean i gotta do my thing.
Anyway we're gonna begin here first, let's go this side here. First one, cheers everybody. Cheers!
-Um. -I like that! -That's good. -It's so flavorful. -Yeah. -You feel the lemon? -It's very subtle. -Yeah. -But I am
getting lemony, acidicness. -And it just combines so well it's because i grilled the lemon Leo.
When you grill lemon it becomes sweeter everybody. -I like it. -You like it? So this is the baseline right, it takes
no time to do, it's not a fancy lemon and we just I want to see if anything improves from this one or
not because these are using the special lemon, This is regular lemon. -That one was a Guga steak
with lemon. -Correct. Now let's go ahead and try this one right here. Second one cheers everybody. -Cheers.
-Um. -Oh I like that one. -Oh you like that one? -I like that one. -Oh I like that one too Leo.
-Instead of like a regular natural lemon it gives it kind of like a more candy type of flavor. -Candy?
Really? I don't get that. -You're losing me bro. yeah I don't get that at all. -I think that this one is
a little bit more powerful than the previous one that we just tried but it's almost like the lemon
kind of blended with the steak juices and it like harmonizes very well. -I agree 100 it's just
the lemon tastes quite different. -Yeah -Okay this is preserved lemons by the way. That's what I'm
trying to get through like it doesn't taste like natural lemon. It's an adult taste everybody that's
how I would describe it and that's because it doesn't taste so acidic and strong and powerful,
but when you mix it with the butter and the garlic it's just phenomenal. Let's go for the third one
ready? -Wait, wait, wait, wait you had half of that side dish already.-Oh that's right this. -I need to try it. -Yeah I don't
want to try it because it's a problematic you know you get a hundred pounds when you try that
one yeah. So it's a dip you just go like that yes. -Oh it's a dip? -Correct go for it Angel. Side dish cheers everybody. -Cheers.
-Oh man. -God bro it's so good. -Even after it cools down it's still amazing everybody. -I
can understand why you ate half of it Guga this is amazing. -It's a little bit dangerous
because it's not overpowering you know it has a little bit of beer by the way the dip. -Really? -You
know that's why you feel that little adult taste. Today is an adult steak experiment.
This tastes very mature and so does the steak. Let's try the last one yeah? Let's see we're gonna
let you guys know which one is better everybody so you can try it at home. Third one cheers everybody. -Cheers.
-That's different more powerful. -Yeah way more powerful. -It has more of a sour. -Yes a little
bit of sourness. -It's more of a sourness that's kind of probably why I was thinking candy earlier. -For me I don't
like lemon and so this is actually a very nice a welcome difference. It's more powerful than
the second one where you taste that more of that lemony but it's a different type of lemon,
it's not as acidic it's not at like a normal conventional lemon and it blends really well
with the steak juices. -100% agree this one is a lot more powerful and at the same time the butteriness,
the creaminess on the second one, for me at least is just a better overall steak. Which one do you
like better Angel I want to know? -The first one. -The first one, Leo which one you like better? -The
third one. -The third one. Oh my god this has never happened in a Guga Foods video everybody we
all disagree with each other. Angel likes this one, I like this one as best and Leo likes this one
here. So now it's your decision to pick whichever one you like. The lemon tastes a lot different than
you might expec,t it's worth giving it a try so that you can experience different kind of flavors.
-You know what's crazy? -Yeah. -The lemon lover likes the least amount of lemon, the lemon
hater likes the most amount of lemon. -Anyway guys I hope you enjoyed this video, if you did enjoy
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