The perfect steak part 2 - In Search of Perfection - BBC

Part two of two. Award-winning chef Heston Blumenthal introduces the second half of his perfect steak dinner recipe. Brilliant food video from BBC cooking show 'In Search of Perfection'. Subscribe: bit.ly/BBCStudios
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[@Mike-dr5iq]

Its been 8 years and im still waiting for his next video he must be up to something big

[@treyivey5431]

😂😂😂😂😂Rofl

[@m.atharjanuar7711]

The legend says he is still cooking and recording in the last 8 years. We just need to wait until he finishes.

[@user-wh6sp6st8s]

Like the perfect slice of toast

[@markneeley]

This lettuce has been sitting in iced water for about 8 years......

[@nischay1011]

Isn’t that when the space shuttle program was abandoned so they could divert more funds to Heston

[@Masssch]

I think what I appreciate the most is, how Heston adds that authentic flavor of that extreme struggle our ancestors felt of acquiring food. He gives us the ability to starve for 1-4 days at a time, and the food does taste better after not eating.

[@yousufmohammad1163]

😂😢😮😅😊😂😢

[@eeehmmwhat2406]

Step 84: Melt the Iron Block to form a pan.

[@euclidelmore8379]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kalindudissanayake389]

lol

[@mevsol2447]

I get it, because he takes simple things and turns them into these long drawn out processes. Funny.

[@robbiedawson7461]

Mev Sol absolute butchered the joke there pal well done

[@mevsol2447]

@@robbiedawson7461 My job is done here then!

[@hrpufnstuf205]

its day 79 and heston is still hunting down the perfect cow

[@poligonzo5300]

Buaaaaahahahhahhahahahha damn he wants the perfect cow the perfect lamb the perfect this the perfect that 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PsyQoBoy]

Japanese Wagyu Kobe Beef Rib Eye Steaks - A5 Grade $200 a pound.

[@siyabongashezi2969]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@10highsky]

He found her and he married her

[@Juventinos]

well done to everyone still alive at the end of this recipe! we've been together through a lot! give yourselves a hand!

[@ChipZilla69]

I do most days. Something twice a day. 🖐️

[@fugggit]

...In this episode Heston cooks a steak that takes longer than Brexit.

[@dhadad9885]

Bloody hell! Love this comment! 😂

[@Number9s]

At least Heston's cooking produces something worthwhile.

[@KarinBretz-lx6yv]

No ,I think that was the chicken .part 1 & part 2 🙄

[@CloudianMH]

5 minutes? you must dislike prep.

[@Amdraz]

At least his steak isn't half baked...

[@bobole6385]

There's always a part 2 with this dude

[@oisin_smith]

"So once you have found an oven that is big enough, roast the whole cow for 2 weeks along with 10 kilograms of grass from the field it was brought up in to enhance the flavour"

[@dennisvanasselt]

And when you eat the salad, make sure you chew the lettuce very carefully, because you don't want to bruise the leaves.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

And, once you've swallowed your meal, make sure that you digest the lettuce very carefully - because you don't want to bruise the leaves

[@hpholland]

@@thehammurabichode7994and when you are on the throne later, be careful when punching out your loaf, as you don’t want to bruise the leaves

[@tootruesheep872]

He’s absolutely insane, but hats off too him. His whole niche in the cooking industry isn’t about easy cooking, it’s about science and perfection.

[@wtsang1]

The blue cheese flavor note is from dry aging the steak, new york steak houses like peter luger, smith and wollensky's use prime USDA cuts of beef, and dry aged from anywhere 28-90+ days which develops a more intense beef flavor because dry aging expels moisture and the beef breaking down the protein tissues and making it more tender as its technically rotting so eventually it will develop mold and bacteria on the outside of the beef, but gets trimmed off and the meat inside is preserved. which all in all develops a unique flavor depending on how long it has been aged, humidity, and the environment it was aged in that contributes to the final product

[@MatthewCaligari]

Marco Pierre White .... *Knorr beef stockpot*

[@fionnmaccumhaillsmammy296]

Matthew James Wow you must have achieved so much in life to be such a smart arse.

[@heeheehawhawheehee]

He's just breaking balls

[@iMaxAL]

Marco Pierre White: just at the point of ejaculation over my wife's face, I crack open a stock pot.. bada bing bada boom.. there it is

[@MrMrlosteruk]

@@iMaxAL tits or back, it's your choice

[@BernardGarcon]

@@MrMrlosteruk _There's no real recipe_

[@Juventinos]

in 2021 i can't wait for part 3 to come out, it should be almost done.

[@jithmaljayasekera2816]

Finally finished cooking the steak! It tastes great after 9 yrs in the oven, made sure to somehow have it on through moving houses, having children, earthquakes and now finally covid. But it does taste absolutely delicious, iF i Do SaY sO mYsElF 😁

[@paolorenzotagalicud9399]

“my perfect steak and salad” in less than 2 days XD

[@bg357wg]

Duuuude, it takes less than 2 days, so what are you complaining about?

[@amrthahiris560]

for a steak, my electric bills is screaming at me for leaving the oven on for 24 hours

[@atuvi6]

“What we are going to do is bring this lettuce back to life again” Proceeds to cut its head off

[@jeromerockefeller8921]

This guy looks like a failed Agent 47 clone

[@PLANDerLinde99]

Agent 46.9 couldn't kill people. But he became a master at cooking long and drawn out dishes

[@The_Mad_King_Aerys]

-Cuts steak with fibre wire

[@tiarkrezar]

47: spends an entire day hiding in a closet, waiting for the perfect moment to take out his target Heston: spends 24 hours staring through the oven door, waiting until the steak is perfectly done. Yeah I can see the similarity.

[@bangnapi2786]

It’s been 8 years and Heston still try to find a way to make the perfect youtube video.

[@vikingkrigare5329]

😂

[@Levi_Skardsen]

People miss the point of this series. It's not about teaching you how to cook at home, it's Heston trying to get a dish as close to perfect as possible.

[@SuperNovaPL]

Everybody has different definition of "perfect"

[@t.d.gtakeodefensegroup8008]

The amount of people that do not understand that are starting to trigger me lol

[@sextron30001]

@@SuperNovaPL nobody cares about your definition.

[@Menelyagor12]

@@sextron30001 Lol whats with this comment? Dude wasnt even telling you what his definition was.

[@bladechild2449]

There's no way to make a steak more "perfect" because the best way to cook a steak is with simplicity. You get it from storage, you season it, you cook for 2 minutes each side. That's it, the best steak you can possibly cook. The only thing that will improve it is the quality cut of the meat and the appliance you use to cook it on. Unfortunately, most people don't have access to restaurant level grills anyway.

[@davidapplegate1849]

Heston takes over doing it to a whole new level.....lol

[@that.guy11]

Heston: has in-depth, super precise methods Also Heston: Lettuce in the iced water for between 10 minutes or literally twice as long as that

[@noeray94]

Gordon Ramsey : Let the knife do the work. Marco Pierre White : The secret ingredient is Knorr's beef stock pot. Heston Blumenthal : I'm gonna make the perfect steak in a 12 to 20 step process.

[@Bart-tk9um]

and the one thing that brings them all together… “just a touch of olive oil”

[@osmancoskun3872]

gordon ramsay '' salt, peper, olive oil.. it's done ''

[@anthonyaman1488]

Frying steak in olive oil eh? You like it really bitter do you?

[@ChrisMasterGTAS]

@@anthonyaman1488 you are a fucking idiot eh?

[@poligonzo5300]

This guy makes Gordon Ramsay looks like a super chef

[@jackkeedal9615]

A clove of garlic, butter and some fresh rosemary.

[@KxngKUDA]

@@anthonyaman1488 😑

[@scottpearson8129]

This steak is taking longer to cook than my divorce took to come through

[@barbe00brune]

I would like a steak please. "Sure, will be back in a day"

[@adnankashem3930]

the best things is life require patience

[@yellow2285]

bruh in his restaurants they probably prep the steaks 1 day before service. there’s a lot of other things that take time before they’re able to be served like fermented food and pickled food

[@adamkilledjoe]

What if I pay using military grade clean bullets? :)

[@owenwilsonscarkey9783]

daga-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding

[@slowgynman1234.]

barbe00brune my words

[@amitnarayankar]

So u run a blowtorch on skin and then discard it later. Also u run the oven for 24 hrs and still fry the steak.

[@twollegedratboyesquire1177]

He basically did a sous vide with his oven... Instead of just using the damn sous vide

[@cameronkerr9872]

When I saw that stake getting cut all I could hear in my head was Gordon Ramsay saying " it's RAW!!! that's not rare it still mooooing "

[@neilmccormick2064]

A skilled vet could resuscitate the bastard.

[@itshusein]

24 he in oven 20mins on stove Do British people get free electricity???

[@domlehane2819]

yes

[@mrbump28]

Yes, yes we do

[@angelgram]

Yeah it’s free here bro

[@justinwalker4937]

Nah, but when you go over your electricity allowance they send you a letter and at the bottom it says "Heston?" And you tick yes which then gets your balance cleared.

[@georgetopuzov4023]

@@justinwalker4937 class comment mate, genuinely laughed out loud

[@snowysadventures3698]

24 hours in the oven and it’s still raw.. Heston is a unique creature

[@nick260682]

It’s not, it’s evenly rare though the middle. Important distinction.

[@JotiDhillon05]

@@nick260682 it raw

[@nick260682]

wrldpce5 *rare. There’s a difference

[@user-ro9md9wp3j]

perhaps the oven wasn't turned on

[@snowysadventures3698]

@@user-ro9md9wp3j 🤣

[@commandercurly3933]

*clicks on a video about steak Heston: “Now here’s a great tip about salad”

[@LogicVsFacts]

I'm sure many of Heston's guests might have died of hunger 😂😂.

[@hooked1173]

i remember him saying that "one of the greatest kitchen law thats not true- " brown the meat to keep in the juices.".

[@emmanuelsrimurva1002]

thats what was rolling in my head

[@SaltyPeanutz]

Gordon Ramsey: *It's fuucking raaw*

[@ItsNen-]

Why do I keep coming back to this video lol

[@ruthvikkadam1454]

I can watch him cook all day

[@jamiew1664]

and thats him just making a sandwich...

[@bevans9027]

Booked my steak in for a massage while it relaxes. 😂

[@mq46312]

So why would you blowtorch the outside of the steak and discard it afterwards?

[@christianlemelin9862]

He cut off the best pieces and why didn't he just slow cook it like a prime rib should be? Best steak M.A!

[@tormarquis]

He said to kill the bacteria and start the Meillard reaction

[@markneeley]

The harmful bacteria is on one of the outer layers of the cow.

[@zaklowe2035]

@Wally Banter 3 Michelin star chef shows that you can!

[@Dungnguyen-yd5or]

Blow torch outside so the tissues shrink block all the juices inside.

[@equusamans]

When eating this steak eventually, it’ll literally be a life time achievement award.

[@nmarrs8539]

Been cooking for twenty years now. This guys technique is on point.

[@domhulme9762]

Your probably a wet lettuce like him

[@thehammurabichode7994]

20 years? So, you've prepared *3* of his recipes?? (Jk, much respect to Heston)

[@GavinIsLegend]

Why did he cut the outside parts off

[@mrjules2008]

All that time to prepare a steak you’d have thought he could’ve done me some chips.

[@thecupcakeguy1]

This actually keeps me coming for the comments and the comedy of cook 🤣 who hired this guy

[@michaellord9]

just pure yum

[@rudeboystu69]

This feels like what is often achieved by cooking sous vide today; a precise, uniform level of doneness throughout, followed by a reverse sear to get the desired crust. Of course, considering this video is at least 8 years old (if not older), I suppose sous vide was not available at the time (or at least not as popular).

[@youngbidlo7071]

it was for sure available and known among chefs and cooks

[@SuperVeryMetal]

First thing I thought of when he said 24 hours at 50c/122f degrees. And only 90 minutes in the sous vide. Just make sure it's as dry as possible before dropping into the cast iron pan.

[@mx4279]

Describe how Heston highlights his search for a perfect steak? (Total of 40 Marks)

[@irfayasseyf1603]

Cooking on another level

[@LYJManchesterUnited]

Hestons is the queen’s Chef because she has the luxury of immortality to wait for the perfect meal.

[@asdaip]

"The perfect steak" Heston: "Now here's a great tip when it comes to salad"

[@sadas3190]

"part 2" Guy trying to be funny: "hurr durr he said salad"

[@asdaip]

@@sadas3190 Oh dear, we've got a veggie watching a steak video

[@sadas3190]

@@asdaip I don't think you understood my comment

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

It also said BBC but I didn’t see any

[@swiatlowiekuiste]

Day 25: they cut the power off. Couldn't pay the bills after the New York butter purchase. Chewing cold steak in the dark

[@MrRombert]

this is amazing

[@killianbarrans8188]

At “this is our mushroom ketchup” I was gone

[@Anteater23]

I'd die from starvation before the steak is ready.

[@tomlam1205]

Great high class cooking, however if this man needs to cook for a whole town or village 90 percent would be dead from the wait still holding onto their empty plate lol

[@tadeaskarkut7250]

Tom Lam man, you have no idea what this guy is. He is truly speaking about his experiences, he wants to show you for him the best steak. All those tastes are remarkable. For a good food you have to find a time. Otherwise, if you’re really hungry go to Mc’donalds and wait for 4 minutes for your Big Mac burger ✌️

[@nielsnielsen9013]

@@tadeaskarkut7250 shut the fuck up please

[@tadeaskarkut7250]

niels nielsen ahem..why? Connie Nielsen?

[@Funky32g]

Tadeáš Karkut cause Americans only know their Gordon Ramsey

[@tadeaskarkut7250]

#don't_read_my_name Ramsey is from Scotland xD

[@ericgeorge5483]

Heston sure knows his stuff.

[@DSCKottawa]

Heston is just experimenting with food, and that's a good thing.

[@henriktemberg85]

Wauw... That's just to die for.. Looks amazing

[@Beevreeter]

Would be kinda nice if there was a link back to part 1 in the description!

[@ThatE46]

You learn something new everyday. I love salter butter on my steak. I put the butter on as soon as i take it off the grill or pan. Its amazing. I like where he was going with the butter/blue cheese, but since hes already waiting 24hrs why doesnt he just go the extra length and dry age it? Wouldnt that give off a similar effect?

[@derrickr2568]

I've watched alot of steak videos and this has to be the least appetizing one i've watched.

[@pseudonayme7717]

Yeah, call me crazy but I like my steak cooked. Steak without potatoes is a crime against humanity 😶

[@polskillz]

The thing looked raw fr, not even rare

[@Astral-Projector2389]

Agree. In my own humble opinion, that big of a steak should've needed atleast 1-2 minutes more on each side and let it rest in foil. I like my steak medium.

[@Phantomised818]

24hr recipe, only get 4 slices.

[@LWT1331]

There's no relation between amount and time whatsoever. Double the recipe... It will still only take 24 hours provided you have the room for it.

[@breambitch]

Phantomised818 only show this one piece of steak for 4 people

[@user-wh6sp6st8s]

$1,600 later as well

[@robopiplup5193]

I always go into one of these videos thinking this dude is a whole ass meme, and then I see the finished product and am reminded of what this guy is actually trying to do. He really is trying his best to approach perfection and it shows.

[@hrpufnstuf205]

i'll have all the time in the world to make this when i retire

[@SingingButcher]

Smell like blue cheese? I guess it was dry aged beef steak. When you dry aging your beef, it dries moisture then bring more flavor. I mean taste becoming like gamy. Sorry about my poor english. I am a butcher and I can smell cheese from long aged beef at work

[@SingingButcher]

Thom van Asperen dry aged beef taste like blue cheese.

[@SingingButcher]

Thom van Asperen He said he didn't know why steak taste like blue cheese. I said because it's dry aged steak.

[@tomspencer7307]

Thom van Asperen 35 days is pretty standard, some steakhouses take it as high as 2 years so if he wants a true funky flavour he should have tried 60 days

[@simfong999]

SingingButcher if you watch the whole episode (google it) he was brought into the aging room where they showed him how its aged but the beef in UK is different and its rare to find a beef with good marbling hence he had to do it another way

[@jolo4534]

Tom Spencer no one takes it to 2 years

[@jackiedim7028]

Gordon Ramsay "Olive oil in. Salt and peppah. Done.." Ainsley Harriot "Give your meat a good ol rub, open that beautiful flesh inside," Heston: "Here's how to make the best (insert food here) and the 6 steps and your time management"

[@kidkidder]

Jamie Oliver - "I refuse to buy any animal product that doesn’t have a guarantee of quality such as Freedom Food, free range or organic status. So for that reason I am going to have to get this banned from schools"

[@GuillaumeRousselable]

perfect !!

[@NotMyRealName1]

Man took reverse seat to the extreme

[@chantimothy]

"I am just going to trim the outside of the meat" Cuts off 2 entrees... ya just give the 2 outside pieces to me i don't care about the rest lol

[@nick260682]

American entrees or French entrees?

[@sethseth2534]

Im not saying anything other than, if I were a chef who didn’t know what I was doing and I was trying to fool the world, these are the videos I would make

[@gettingtoastedatq]

You have no idea how to cook

[@youngbidlo7071]

so why would he blowtorch the outside (for giving char grilled taste and killing the bacteria according to Heston)) And then cut it off? It just makes no sense to do it and discard it then

[@sethseth2534]

@@gettingtoastedatq You have no idea how to be anything other than a disappointment to your family

[@michael7v6]

He is just making this up as he goes along lol.

[@IronKirton]

"Once we have popped the steak in the oven....its now time to grow the lettuce"

[@thomHD]

That's a salad like they would serve in an English seaside town... in 1985.

[@bradleytaylor5493]

His method of cooking just doesn’t come across as appetising

[@TWFydGlu]

It tastes great.

[@cesteres]

I'd enjoy that steak for sure.

[@wotizlove]

No clue what's going on in your brain as you listen to him then lmao. I'll give you that, this video in particular felt a bit empty indeed

[@nick260682]

Bradley Taylor I reckon I’ll listen to the guy with 6 Michelin stars rather than Brad.

[@allovdem]

Lol the mans restuarant is considered one of the worlds best with 3 Michelin stars.

[@gettingtoastedatq]

I actually really like this guy

[@tttc]

Video title: "THE PERFECT STEAK" First few seconds: "now here's a great tip when it comes to sallad"

[@josef596]

“How do you like your steak sir?”. Don’t bother cooking it.

[@sethkimtie2505]

hahahahhaha seriously though. that was not close to a medium rare steak. lol

[@Squiffilect]

@Adam Craig lol It was, even though it had been cooked for 24 hours and 4 minutes

[@invertedcrayon]

You guys know nothing about cooking ahahah. That's how you cook that cut of beef

[@RGBSHM]

That steak is so raw still a vet could nearly bring it back to life

[@hamzaa.8082]

lol, I am watching these videos just to read all the comments trying to medium-“raring” Heston.

[@johnyoung2702]

Could you imagine taking your car to get fixed and Heston was the mechanic??

[@Romeis]

>puts steak in oven for 24 hrs >still raw

[@amanyamani6951]

Hahhaaj

[@amanyamani6951]

BAWderDOn ahhaha

[@jmesteban8010]

did he say turn on the oven? LOL

[@dirkdiggler9082]

Power bill was past due date....

[@stevejohncockram]

look at this spastic

[@francisyang9997]

its funny that sous vide came and blow this whole episode away

[@RossMoore777]

24 hours in the oven? Can someone get this guy a sous vide machine

[@stevieticks5142]

3:58 Literally no one: Gordon Ramsay: “RAW!”

[@The_Lincoln_Penny]

To make the Ultra Perfect steak, 1. take the cow to to a veterinarian surgeon and have him remove two rib eye steaks. 2. Carefully brown the steaks with butter WITHOUT browning the inside 3. Return the steaks to the surgeon and have him place them back in the cow. 4. After 17 years, remove the steaks from the cow again and they will be perfectly medium rare.

[@ylliks4656]

😂😂😂👍🏻

[@KhanggiTanka]

The reason why there are more fashionable lettuces is that iceberg lettuce doesn't taste of anything.

[@shoeflaps]

That's what the vinaigrette is for. it's the texture he wants.

[@TommyTucker091]

I think it does have a flavour.

[@1984WillS]

Iceberg lettuce has zero nutritional value, unlike more fashionable lettuce. I prefer spinach myself, but to each their own.

[@jackhackett80]

I'm so tired of iceberg lettuce I can't eat it anymore

[@Maghanashi]

@trident3b Where did you get from his message that it's from the UK? I doubt German ones are better, hyperbole is at work here.

[@lipeesch]

The funny thing is that all that prep, torching, oven at 50°C and other shit.... what happened is that in the end he still had a raw steak that he needed to quickly fry in the pan to get it up to serving temperature.

[@JREpods]

KZbin: Recommended after watching Marcos 5 min steak video. Me: of course there’s a part 1

[@khan06180]

Amazing, over 24 hours of cooking to have a raw stake, amazing.

[@YY-wu7et]

That’s not raw you moron.

[@Mkayexplores]

Ok hold on a minute. That steak was in the oven for 24 hours and still needs to be cooked. Wow

[@vixxiv515]

mate i think this is the best comment of all 😂😂😂😂

[@GoldFaceFella]

That butter blue cheese technique is ingenious tho

[@paulhatcher8450]

5 years later , I give you the perfect steak

[@ace514ify]

Only this dude could cook a steak for 24 hours and have it still be raw.

[@blackboxing84]

u want crispy lettuce? wash it and put in a salad/lettuce spinner.

[@CLHLC]

Thanks a lot award-winning chef Heston Blumenthal... now I'm hungry for steak!

[@chairmanro1012]

You had me at the lettuce resurrection

[@dominicn2141]

Now that's what I call raw steak

[@benediktflorsch2429]

So the butter absorbed the aroma of the cheese but not the taste. Wait, what?

[@hartzy7425]

certain strong aromas will infuse other ingredients in that way. Truffles will do it, too. You can put an egg in its shell inside jar next to a truffle and within a day or two that egg will be infused with the essence of the truffle. Blue cheese is incredibly strong and aromatic. I've got no doubt it'd act the same.

[@mrstamp5121]

Can I have the end bits please?

[@goinmax]

I always come read all these comments.they r all lit

[@him050]

So he used a blowtorch to beautifully caramelise the the meat and improve the flavour, then he cut it off and discarded it. I'm very very confused.

[@TheDoctor1138]

he only cut off the bone ;'(