Tomahawk Steak with Grilled Vegetables and Sweet Potato

Tomahawk Steak with Grilled Vegetables and Sweet Potato
© Stine Christiansen

Tomahawk Steak with Grilled Vegetables and Sweet Potato

Fire up that grill! The perfect recipe for BBQ season - juicy steak with plenty of grilled veges.

Ingredients for the Herb Butter

Ingredients
130 g butter
130 g green herbs (chives, borage, chervil, sorrel, parsley, cress)
3 g fine sea salt
5 ml lemon juice
0.5 g white and black pepper, finely ground
0.5 g ground Cayenne pepper

Method: 

  • Allow butter to come to room temperature, then beat until fluffy in a food processor
  • Wash, dry and finely chop the herbs
  • Then blend salt, pepper, lemon juice and herbs with the butter
  • Roll into a sausage shape and wrap in cling film and refrigerate until serving

Ingredients for the Grilled Vegetables

Ingredients
330 g carrots
330 g purple carrots
330 g yellow carrots
330 g parsnips or parsley root
30 g garlic
135 g red onion
50 g lemongrass
5 ml chilli oil
10 ml lemon oil
50 ml olive oil
25 g sugar
50 g fresh lime
15 g sea salt flakes
3 g fresh thyme
6 g fresh rosemary

Method:

  • Peel the vegetables, cut carrots and parsley root or parsnip into even batons. Crush the garlic and slice the onions. Crush the lemongrass with the back of a knife
  • Mix the lemongrass with the remaining ingredients and marinade the vegetable batons in this mix
  • Preheat oven to 180 °C and roast the vegetables for 15 minutes so they are still firm to the bite. Check and adjust seasoning

Ingredients for the Steak:

Ingredients
5 kg tomahawk steaks
40 ml sesame oil
30 g sea salt flakes
125 g butter
10 g fresh rosemary
5 g fresh thyme
17 g fresh garlic

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 120 °C. 
  • Heat grill to high heat. Make sure the meat is at room temperature and rub the steaks with sesame oil. Put on the grill until charred grill marks show, about 2 minutes on each side.
  • Take steaks off the grill, salt and put into a roasting pan with the butter, garlic, thyme and rosemary, put in the oven and, using a meat thermometer, cook to the desired stage.
  • Once cooked, allow to rest in a warm place and baste with the melted butter from the roasting pan just before serving.

Ingredients for the Sweet Potato Chips

Ingredients
1.75 kg sweet potatoes
10 g rice flour
5 g fine sea salt
vegetable oil for deep-frying

Method:

  • Peel sweet potato and cut into 1cm batons
  • Dust the batons with rice flour
  • Deep fry at 170 °C until golden and crispy
  • Drain on kitchen paper and season with salt

Ingredients for Asparagus and Limes

Ingredients
350 g fresh lime
10 g brown sugar
20 g hazelnut butter
330 g green asparagus
10 ml sesame oil
2 g sea salt flakes
10 g mixed fresh herbs

Method:

  • Wash the limes, cut off the ends, cut in half and dip the cut surfaces in the sugar
  • Caramelise the limes in a hot frying pan, once nicely browned add the hazelnut butter, allow to bubble up and cover the limes in the butter. Serve warm.
  • Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus, drizzle with sesame oil and grill until just cooked.
  • Season with salt and herbs and serve.

Serving:

  • Arrange the tomahawk steak on a warmed plate
  • Add some herb butter to each steak
  • Arrange the sweet potato chips, the grilled vegetables, the asparagus and limes
  • Decant the roasting juices into a warmed gravy boat.

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