Page 3 - Mr Rimmer's Birthday Steak

Galician Prime Rib

with parmentier potatoes, rainbow chard & bearnaise sauce

Prepare parmentier potatoes & rainbow chard

Preparation time approx. 10 minutes working time (25 minutes cooking time)

Ingredients required: Equipment required:

• 400g Potatoes • Peeler

• 3 Thyme sprigs • Sharp knife

• 2 Garlic cloves • Large saucepan

• Flat bottomed roasting/
baking tray

Pantry Ingredients required:

• 75ml olive/rapeseed oil

• Salt and pepper

1. Pre-heat your oven to 200 C (fan) 210 C (conventional). Put a pan of
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salted boiling water on to come to a gentle boil. Drizzle oil into a baking
tray and put in the oven (while it’s pre-heating) to allow the oil to heat up.
2. While the oven is coming to temperature wash and peel your potatoes
and cube. To do this cut the potatoes into slices 1 cm thick, then cut them
vertically to create 1cm by 1cm matchsticks, and then finally cut them
horizontally to form 1cm cubes.

3. When the water has come to the boil add the cubed potatoes, allow them
to cook in the water for 3-4 minutes until just tender.

4. When they have cooked, remove with a slotted spoon and put in a bowl
and allow them to steam for 1 minute before seasoning with salt and
pepper. Next, carefully remove the roasting/baking tray from the oven.
Don’t throw away the water we will use this for the bain-marie to
make the bearnaise sauce.

5. Gently add the potatoes to the tray being careful not to splash the oil.
Using a spoon gently move the potatoes around the pan so they are
lightly coated with oil and then place back into the oven for 10 minutes.

6. While they are cooking cut the two garlic cloves in half and pluck the
leaves from the thyme.

7. Next, chop the chard into pieces about an inch in size (discarding the
bottom inch of the stalk) and set aside in a bowl for later.

8. After 10 minutes remove the potatoes from the oven, sprinkle with the
thyme leaves and add the garlic to the tray. Carefully stir the potatoes
again and then place back in the oven for a further 10-15 minutes until
lightly crisp and golden on the outside. Once done remove from the oven
and place the potatoes into a container until serving your steak for later.