Steakhouse melts are legendary. Oozing melted cheese encased in spicy emulsified beef makes for a feast from heaven.
Ingredients
500g Ground beef
20g Salt
2.5ml White pepper
5ml Ground coriander seed
5ml Chilli flakes
2.5ml Crushed garlic powder
4 Thick slices Mozzarella cheese
50g Butter for frying
Instructions
Place the ground beef in your mixer bowl. Add the salt, white pepper, ground coriander seed, chilli flakes and garlic powder.
Place the bowl on the stand mixer. Attach the dough hooks and mix the beef on medium speed for 10 minutes.
By this stage the beef will be emulsified and very sticky.
Divide the beef into 4 equal portions of 125g each. Working with one at a time, form a portion of the beef into a ball and place it in the center of a piece of cling-wrap. Flatten the beef into a disc, then fold the cling-wrap over to enclose the meat.
Flatten the meat out into a large circle 4mm thick, or 1 sixth of an inch.
Repeat this with the remaining portions.
Cut 4 thick slices of Mozzarella cheese, about 10mm thick or just less than a half inch, and big enough to cover half of the beef circles with a border around the edge.
Position the cheese pieces on the upper half of the beef portions and season with salt and cracked black pepper.
Use the cling-wrap to fold the open half of beef over the cheese, and crimp the edges closed.
Transfer the steakhouse melts to your refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Heat your pan over medium high heat and add 50g of butter and fry the melts for 4 to 5 minutes per side.
Serve the melts immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.
Recipe by Whats4Chow at https://whats4chow.com/2016/01/09/steakhouse-melts-grilled-beef-filled-with-melted-cheese-spicy-stuffed-steaks/