My Test Kitchen Participants

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I had pinned this post about how to cook an awesome stovetop steak many months ago, and got around to giving it a go back in early December.

It was a success.

Saturday night we invited over Rob and hoped it wasn't a fluke.

It wasn't.

Although I have slightly modified the recipe in that, I pan fry each side of the steak for 2 minutes before turning off the heat.  I then tent the entire pan with tin foil and leave it sitting on the turned off element for 5 minutes.  Next the pan comes off the heat completely and the steaks rest for another 2 minutes.

Perfectly medium rare.

There was also a hot tub involved on Saturday but, it was at that point that I lost my camera.

Not to worry, I found it the next morning buried deep between the deck stairs.

Weird.

I also made my first attempt at creating the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie.

Not going to lie, I'm not even close.

But it did taste good on a spoon.