Hey man just wanted to say thank you for what you do. My 76 year old mother loved watching julia back in the day and also loved watching your attempts at replicating her recipies. She died this month and I'm glad I got to introduce her to your videos because she really loved them
Same. My 80 year old mum died a couple of months ago. Towards the end she was bedridden and got a huge amount of joy and laughter from watching Jamie.❤
So sorry for your loss 😢. It doesn’t matter what age you loose a parent. It’s a tough thing to deal with. I’m so glad that she got to see Jamie. He is such a pet. I love him. My dad passed when he was 54 and he worked as a chef. He would have loved watching Jamie ❤
If you heat the plate (just like 20-30 seconds in the microwave) before plating, it help food hold it's temp better. A ceramic plate has a lot of thermal mass and energy wants to move from hot to cold. Anytime you put hot food on a cold plate, the plate sucks lots of heat out of the food rapidly.
omg this just brought me back to being a child, my nana would have warm ceramic plates that we would eat off for christmas. i never thought about that being the reason, thank you.
Exactly. The one thing my mother taught me: always warm the plates in the oven before serving. End of cooking, when the oven is still hot after being turned off, put in your plates. Or turn the oven on low, let the plates warm up while you're finishing off the meal on the stove top. Cold plates mean the food will go cold while you're sitting down to eat.
This is one of the things a good restaurant does that makes a big difference in how food gets to the table. You'll see a lot of expediting tables/windows have heat lamps. Those aren't to keep food warm. They're to warm plates. You do not want food sitting under those lamps for a second longer than is absolutely necessary.
That's how I get my husband to make coffee each morning! Growing up, my grandparents always had a pot of coffee sitting in the kitchen, and it always tastes better when someone else makes it! He lucks out because I do the meals ;3c
Store your Béarnaise or hollandaise in a thermos. Fill it with hot water first to warm the thermos before your sauce goes in. It will hold for a couple of hours.
Not about grammar issues, as it's not that bad at all, but Bear-naise made me laugh. Good tip though! Never heard of it, even though my dad was a trained chef.
I met her quite a few times and served her dinner with Paul Child at my Culinary School Graduation dinner....you do her proud. And bearnaise is so sublime and wonderful. You could have added a tablespoon or two of hot water and that sauce would have been more unctous and flattering to the steak. But overall, what a wonderful job and tribute. It is one of the best French chef meals!
Jamie I'm incredibly happy I found your channel. I'm disabled and watching you has brought back my desire to experiment in the kitchen again. I haven't felt that since I began to get sick 10+ years ago. Thank you!
I waited tables years ago and we served french fries with a side of bearnaise. The bearnaise was kept in a thermos/pitcher and the waitstaff had to pour it into a small ramekin to serve. It was never too thick, never split, always perfect.
I have been making bearnaise for years and there's a simpler way to make it that i've never had the sauce separate with and it also allows you to serve it warm. Cook the base and reduce it per the recipe, then set it aside and cool it to room temperature. You can throw it in the fridge if you're pressed for time. When you are about ready to serve, combine the reduction (Don't strain it) along with the egg yolks in a blender and blend it for 30 seconds. Then slowly drizzle in the melted butter to the base/eggs while the blender is on. This keeps the eggs from scrambling while also making sure the sauce is fully emulsified. Works every time. Love your videos and keep them coming!
That looked amazing! Jamie, your not trying out recipes and second guessing yourself anymore to me. You are simply showing us how to make great food. Thanks for the content.
I used to work the grill at a prime steakhouse. When you order this dish in a restaurant, except very tiny French bistros, different people handle different elements of it. Doing it all solo is extremely challenging. To avoid cold plates splash some hot water out of a kettle or put the plate in the oven for a couple of minutes, wipe it clean and dry before putting food on it obviously. Bearnaise is not something you can really make a la minute, at the last minute in non restaurant speak. Make it ahead and hold it in a pre warmed thermos. Personally, no matter how you like your steaks I prefer to cook it fast and hot on the stove top on just one side and then flip it and put it in the oven to finish for a few minutes (you can look up rough guides on how long but you should have an instant read and be checking every couple of minutes). That will give you the time to deal with things like fries or whatever else needs to be done. Paper towels hold grease. Fries sitting on paper towels are sitting in grease which defeats the purpose. Put the paper towel under the cooling rack not over it. You'll still get rid of a lot of the grease from the fries and you'll have crispier fries. This may just be my taste but bearnaise is very heavy for a good steak. If you're spending serious money on beef why cover up the flavor of the meat? I'd rather have a pan sauce that compliments the flavor of the steak rather than obscures it.
To that first paragraph I can attest personal experience. I don’t know why it never occurred to me before, but I was cooking solo in the kitchen for a dinner party and juggling personal ramekins of cheese soufflé with filet mignon and sides, which of course all required moving fast and getting it out to the table stat, and I had my best friend running ragged as a plater and server. I just suddenly wondered how people are able to make these big elaborate meals. And then it hit me that usually there are fully staffed kitchens with plenty of counter space and utensils and pots and pans when this type of food is made. I’m all about being an at-home cook and I love cooking, but I realized that day that some menus simply are not feasible in a domestic kitchen. (Happy ending: the soufflés were Julia’s non-collapsible recipe, and the filets were excellent)
I agree not to cover up the steak flavor too much, and béarnaise is basically an herby hollandaise, delicious but not my fav combo with steak. I prefer either pan sauce, fresh garlic & butter, pepper sauce, or if in the mood for extra flavor, pepper & mushroom sauce.
I love bernaise you can just place on the side of the dish, I think the vinegar in the sauce gives a good balance against the fat. Also a redwine sauce is very nice with steak, you can also add champignons or even those tiny pearl onions to the sauce.
What a beautiful meal. Bravo. I hear you on the cold meal issues. As I live alone, I have learned to only cook one half of a "normal" steak at a time. I can't eat more than one half and there really is no way to reheat a perfect medium-rare steak without overcooking the steak. Something else I have tried is to cut the leftover cold steak into a large dice and making a cold steak salad with the leftovers. Romain, slivers of red onion, quartered grape tomatoes, diced cold steak. It works.
Your shows are gifts that keep on giving. As an always learning, growing home cook, I love ALL your recipes. I have made every mistake you've made over the years (e.g. the hollandaise scrambled eggs 🤣 OMG 🤣) and your ability to laugh and learn from them is inspiring and reassuring. Keep them comin', Jamie. You are a master.
Watercress is a superb match for steak - its peppery taste beautifully complements the meat. I note you mention JC's lack of pre-cooking seasoning - I've always been taught NOT to season steak, especially with salt, before cooking, as this draws out the moisture and can make the meat tougher than otherwise - best to season whilst the steak is resting. I've also always been taught to make Bearnaise and Hollandaise in a bain marie, which provides gentler heat and makes the sauce less likely to scramble. It takes longer, but is worth it - I've never had a problem! Oh, and Bearnaise is also really nice with chicken, as you'd imagine with a buttery tarragon sauce! One final thing, if you're going to do another JC steak recipe, PLEASE do Tournedos Rossini......it was the first dish I ever cooked from MtAoFC.
When I want some special frites, I go the mashed sticks route. Dice russets into equal sized cubes (~inch). Boil until fork/knife tender. Rice/mash the potatoes. Finely meshing the potatoes leads to a more gummy interior. Mix in some potato/cornstarch, turning it into a biscuit like consistency. Place mash into ziplock bags and sheet them to your desired thickness. Freeze until firm. Remove from bags and slice mash sheets into sticks. Dust sticks with more starch to help with the outer crispiness. Deep fry at 375 for 4-5 minutes, pull to let the temp come back up to 375, deep fry for two minutes or until they have the color/doneness you want. The frites will take on the flavor of whatever oil/fat you use. You can throw in herbs during the 2nd fry.
I've been sucked into a string of your videos now, and i can't work out why you don't have 10-20 times the views you gave new with the production quality you present
Good effort! I’ve been a Chef/ Restaurant owner for 26 years, formally trained at “Johnson & Wales”. Those French custard style sauces are the most difficult of the 5 “Mother Sauces” of French cuisine. Why? Because they “Break” not “Split”. Your best bet is to prepare the sauce during the 7-10 required resting time for certain proteins. That will not only make it easier, but the steak will not be piping hot keeping your sauce from breaking! Just a friendly tip! Hope it help?
Great job on the bernaise sauce! As others have suggested, you have to keep it warm or use it immediately. If you make it in a blender, it's easier to pour into a thermos to keep it warm until you need it. You can also keep it warm over a pan of hot water.
Oh, hon, I feel you on whoever's got a goofy motorcycle or abused muffler. Moved from off a main road to the boonies, and the peace is so worth it for me! Your videos never fail to delight, so stay strong despite the city distractions!
Nice video, thank you. Yeah watercress! We all have that hanging around our kitchen, why not? Lol. I appreciate your hard work recreating these recipes. You’re awesome.
Jamie, you make your French fries the only way I prepare mine - thin and crisp. Adding Bernaise sauce is my favorite method to gild a great steak. You did a fantastic job!
I make a 'cheat' bearnaise: Mix to TASTE - mayonnaise, squeeze a little lemon juice, dijon, salt, pepper, and tarragon (fresh or dried). No cooking is required. Best if rested in the fridge for a few hours. Great with fish and chicken too.
I discovered your channel in the past month and have been going through a lot of your videos. Joining now and watching your old videos makes it look like you are losing skills with each old video I watch but I love your presentation style and watching you succeed at all kinds of dishes. At 9:29 though all of your past experiences have culminated in stopping yourself from touching the hot fries right out of the fryer and pouring it into a bowl instead. cant wait for the next one
Nice steak. It doesn't look like you have a problem with stainless, but mine doesn't work like that. Then I got a high carbon pan and I love it. Nothing sticks, and everything gets well seared. I hope you never stop doing Julia episodes.
Omg you are tops ...wishing I had pucked up steaks before "paddling back to our island paradise" your JJ video is the only tech that I have watched in 7 days...mouth watering for sure...and will make this at our cabin next time ...again if you both ever need to relax up here in NL you d be more than welcome....keep up the hard work and learning to cook you re on your way to master level now for sure!!!
My dad always added a bit of chervil as well in his reduction. Gives it a bit more freshness and depth but also compliments the anisseed flavor of the tarragon. :) Edit: also, if you have trouble with your bearnaise seizing, try storing it in a ban Marie before serving.
i find making hollandaise is easier when you use the dump method. i just dump all the ingredients into a pan and whisk until combined then slowly heat the whole thing. i've made it like this dozens of times and never had one break
My absolute favorite way to eat steak! Love Bernaise sauce and of course frites! I had this once in Paris and it did not disappoint! I've never tried it at home, but now after watching you I just might! Love your show, btw.
Congratulations, you killed it making that Bernaise sauce! All of those Hollandaise-type sauces thicken as they cool. All you need to do is whisk in a tablespoon (or 2) of hot water to bring it back to the proper consistency.
I make Hollandaise and Bearnaise sauces in the blender when at the point of adding the melted butter. Just pour the pan ingredients into the blender then stream in the melted butter and go thinner since it does thicken while sitting. Just something I picked up along the way.
Watercress goes great with steak. The bright peppery freshness contrast well with the meatyness if the steak. I like a steak sandwich made with a nice crusty bread with butter, steak, salt, and watercress. Though I'd use a lit more than the few leaves you scattered on.
Not at all related to this recipe but I understand not reading through the recipe just not to get overwhelmed. Yesterday i tried a recipe which my husband had seen the recipe video and when I stated i am doing it, he was like are you sure. But i just made sure i had all the ingredients and started and along the way got everything done and it came out good even though it had like 3 mini recipes in it 😅😅 so, yay to just diving in head on and seeing in thru🎉
I’m impressed. You broke almost every rule about making hollandaise and still ended up with a passable sauce. First, cooking the yolks over direct heat usually takes a lot of experience but you did it. Second, the idea is to cook the yolks first, then stream in the butter to form an emulsion. You cooked the yolks while adding the butter and still got an emulsion. And best way I’ve found to hold sauces at home is a gravy boat that holds hot water within the sides.
Jamie ... I have a recipe that uses that watercress for a "pesto guacamole" ... so I'd take the uneaten watercress and make a batch ... you can make it 2 or 3 days ahead of time and it doesn't blacken like regular guac ... it's delicious.
4:10.. the first year or so of making hollandaise.. good lord that was painful and sad and frustrating. There are many ways to stabilise your emulsion but I think making an almost sabayon (vinegar and egg yolks whisked until they’re basically cream like in nature) and keeping your double boiler really low in temperature are good tricks to know
I suggest to cook the steak in oil first and then put the butter. Cause if you cook the steak in butter first then the butter will be burnt by the time you finished cooking the steak. Great job😋
I really liked this method of making Bernaise. I don't have to stand there painstakingly whisking in cold butter, hoping and praying my sauce doesn't break. Hmmm, the next time I have to make it, I might look up Julia's version.
Bearnaise are probably the most served sauce after ketchup here in Sweden, but oftenly cold and made with oil instead of butter. It's quite a common pizza topping too.
A cool trick for keeping hollandaise/ béarnaise sauces from splitting is to keep them in a thermos. They’re so susceptible to heat that keeping them exactly where they’re at helps stop them from splitting
Another great video, and one that inspires me to try this meal in the near future. I will say, now that I don't eat steak very often, I find a whole steak to be incredibly filling. As for the watercress, it is a classic side dish to all sorts of roast meat and fowl. The astringency cuts the richness of the meat. Watercress and Saratoga chips are classically the only sides for roast game birds.
French bistros always put some side salad just for the hell of it. It makes clients feel better about themselves when they eat big plates lol "I ate a 500g steak but with some leaves so it's good, I am still rocking the diet I want to start tomorrow"
Julia recommends seasoning steak right before plating. Helps to not dry it out while cooking. And most of it comes off in the pan while cooking. I think it’s a common mistake of everyone to do it before cooking. The easy way to make bearnaise is with a stick blender. Then keep it in a warm bowl, covered to keep it warm.
I. Love. Steak. SO MUCH. And yours looks ssoooo frkn good 👍🏼 yuuummmmmm 🤤 Unfortunately, the price of meat has gone through the damn room so it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good helping of meaty goodness. I guess for now I’ll have to just remember the times when I was a kid, when my dad made steak every weekend and I never appreciated just how lucky I was. Anyways, good job, chef! 😊
I wonder if you could leave the bernaise over a double boiler so it gets a little amount of heat. I see other people say to keep in a thermos that could also work. It looked delicious, and I bet it tasted fine as well.
Jaimie has made it in this episoe, so I believe I could make a bearnaise sauce successfully. The presentation of the process was excellent and super informative, while being slick and dynamic. S+ rating on that. Awesome, for the best cook job on a steak so far. So many episodes it was a fight to translate a recipe to the point it can work today, meaning, accidental overcooking. Jaimie knows what makes a good steak but the chaos of a recipe plus as he said, the logistics of filming makes a difference when he just wants to be a better cook. It's like the practical and mechanical side gets in the way of the heart. A Tough balance, for sure, one who is just a viewer rather than a creator may not fully get. The honesty of it all, gets my full respect. I'm sure Jaimie will always keep fighting to get things to the best result he can, cause he is a fighter as he has proven over and over. At the same time, these vids are always super interesting and entertaining. So we are on a good journey, I'm happy to have a ticket for, lol. As to specifics..You can't go wrong with a ribeye. They are so good. I mean, I might have had Korean BBQ today and we had a couple of them on the fire. I mean I'm a simple dude, meat is good. Meat on fire, simple but satisfying. Heck me and my friend refuse the marinated items to have that pure flavor, maybe some salt and that is about it. So a recipe like this, looks cool for a change. Sometimes, why not go for the extra fancy, extra effort for the experience. It could be the best thing you ever had. As for the fries, double frying sounds like a ton more work but the results speak for themselves. If you put in the effort to cook, you gotta go all the way. I'm sad cause a local place, one of those hamburger/breakfast/tons of random food places closed. They double fried and their fries were amazing. As to the full result, it certainly looked like a filling meal if not that restaurant experience. That is the reality of not having a room full of staff who all cook things to order so everything shows up right at the perfect moment together all at the peak of doneness. We got the jist of what it came out to. The flavors and textures. That is such a good element to making us viewers feel more a part of all this. Jaimie works hard to create this show. It's so much to juggle. Yet the episodes keep getting better and better. Other people can criticize different things, but that happens too much and too easily these days for my..um taste. We gotta celebrate the good as much as possible too.
Pfft, Boo Me... How did I not mention the inclusion of the clip from the past.. that so helped the story of the recipe and the journey. I approve and thought it elevated the whole vid. We all compare Jaimie today to the Jaimie of the past.. and he does.. so it's such a cool idea to have that so everyone can feel the diff.
You’re correct. Your sauce was too thick from sitting too long. Stir in a few drops of hot but not boiling water and and it will thin out nicely 12:55 . In the future, you can make the vinegar infusion ahead of time and make the sauce while resting the steak. The portion you gave yourself would feed two people in France. The watercress is mostly garnish, but can be eaten as the slightly spicy flavor complements beef.
You can microwave the potatoes with a starch coating instead of double frying. Faster, less messing with oil, and I think you get a softer, fluffier, texture in the fries. Cut, wash, pat dry, toss in starch. Cover and zap in the microwave till the fries are soft and cooked through, and the starch is set. Then fry till crispy and golden brown.
While I've never made Hollandaise or Bearnaise sauce, I saw Alton Brown do it on "Good Eats," and after he made it, he put it into a Thermos. This might be of help to you next time. Bon chance!
I found that the to get the best consistency of hollandaise/bernaise is 50g of butter per egg yolk - otherwise yes, it does get way too thick. Plus, as Julia says in her "Hollandaise Family" episode of 'The French Chef' to take the pan off the heat when adding the melted butter. However, maybe you turned the flame off when you did that... I couldn't tell if it was on or off since it was still on the burner!
Good work, Jamie. You’ve certainly become proficient in the kitchen. Have been incredibly busy and have missed your recent shows but am catching up. ❤ But one thing: why do you torture me without your charmingly eccentric dancing?!? More dancing! Please! Whenever the spirit moves you, of course. That may be the issue: your spirit isn’t moving you to outbursts of happy physical expression. Signed, dancer. ps I see you’re almost up to 300K! Wowie, u & Kristie must be excited . .
Hey man just wanted to say thank you for what you do. My 76 year old mother loved watching julia back in the day and also loved watching your attempts at replicating her recipies. She died this month and I'm glad I got to introduce her to your videos because she really loved them
Sorry about your loss! I wish my mom was alive to watch Jamie as she also was a huge fan of Julia!
Same. My 80 year old mum died a couple of months ago. Towards the end she was bedridden and got a huge amount of joy and laughter from watching Jamie.❤
Sorry for your losses ❤
@@sushreeshashwata Thankyou. I miss her a lot.
So sorry for your loss 😢. It doesn’t matter what age you loose a parent. It’s a tough thing to deal with. I’m so glad that she got to see Jamie. He is such a pet. I love him. My dad passed when he was 54 and he worked as a chef. He would have loved watching Jamie ❤
If you heat the plate (just like 20-30 seconds in the microwave) before plating, it help food hold it's temp better. A ceramic plate has a lot of thermal mass and energy wants to move from hot to cold. Anytime you put hot food on a cold plate, the plate sucks lots of heat out of the food rapidly.
omg this just brought me back to being a child, my nana would have warm ceramic plates that we would eat off for christmas. i never thought about that being the reason, thank you.
Plus a cold plate can cause a lot of condensation under the food.
agreed. Put plates in a warming oven before service.
Exactly. The one thing my mother taught me: always warm the plates in the oven before serving. End of cooking, when the oven is still hot after being turned off, put in your plates. Or turn the oven on low, let the plates warm up while you're finishing off the meal on the stove top. Cold plates mean the food will go cold while you're sitting down to eat.
This is one of the things a good restaurant does that makes a big difference in how food gets to the table. You'll see a lot of expediting tables/windows have heat lamps. Those aren't to keep food warm. They're to warm plates. You do not want food sitting under those lamps for a second longer than is absolutely necessary.
As the cook in my family, I try to explain to them that “food often tastes better when someone else prepares it.” 😊. Love Jamie’s honest portrayal.
That's how I get my husband to make coffee each morning! Growing up, my grandparents always had a pot of coffee sitting in the kitchen, and it always tastes better when someone else makes it! He lucks out because I do the meals ;3c
Always does. Girlfriend and I make each others food solely because it's just better when someone else makes it for you
Store your Béarnaise or hollandaise in a thermos.
Fill it with hot water first to warm the thermos before your sauce goes in. It will hold for a couple of hours.
TY for the tip!
I do this with my Hollandaise and came to give this tip. 🙌
Not about grammar issues, as it's not that bad at all, but Bear-naise made me laugh. Good tip though! Never heard of it, even though my dad was a trained chef.
@@rebel4466 It's the only mayonnaise appropriate for serving to bears.
@@rebel4466 That’s the correct spelling. 🤷🏻♂️
I made steak au poivre for dinner yesterday, but after watching this I could totally eat steak frites tonight as well.
"Bring me the steak au poivre" --orson wells
I met her quite a few times and served her dinner with Paul Child at my Culinary School Graduation dinner....you do her proud. And bearnaise is so sublime and wonderful. You could have added a tablespoon or two of hot water and that sauce would have been more unctous and flattering to the steak. But overall, what a wonderful job and tribute. It is one of the best French chef meals!
Jamie I'm incredibly happy I found your channel. I'm disabled and watching you has brought back my desire to experiment in the kitchen again. I haven't felt that since I began to get sick 10+ years ago.
Thank you!
I waited tables years ago and we served french fries with a side of bearnaise. The bearnaise was kept in a thermos/pitcher and the waitstaff had to pour it into a small ramekin to serve. It was never too thick, never split, always perfect.
Yaaay another Jamie and Julia episode!
I have been making bearnaise for years and there's a simpler way to make it that i've never had the sauce separate with and it also allows you to serve it warm. Cook the base and reduce it per the recipe, then set it aside and cool it to room temperature. You can throw it in the fridge if you're pressed for time. When you are about ready to serve, combine the reduction (Don't strain it) along with the egg yolks in a blender and blend it for 30 seconds. Then slowly drizzle in the melted butter to the base/eggs while the blender is on. This keeps the eggs from scrambling while also making sure the sauce is fully emulsified. Works every time. Love your videos and keep them coming!
That looked amazing! Jamie, your not trying out recipes and second guessing yourself anymore to me. You are simply showing us how to make great food. Thanks for the content.
I think you’ve upped your game to the point where you have to call yourself “FORMER Anti-Chef!” Well done Jamie!
I used to work the grill at a prime steakhouse. When you order this dish in a restaurant, except very tiny French bistros, different people handle different elements of it. Doing it all solo is extremely challenging.
To avoid cold plates splash some hot water out of a kettle or put the plate in the oven for a couple of minutes, wipe it clean and dry before putting food on it obviously.
Bearnaise is not something you can really make a la minute, at the last minute in non restaurant speak. Make it ahead and hold it in a pre warmed thermos.
Personally, no matter how you like your steaks I prefer to cook it fast and hot on the stove top on just one side and then flip it and put it in the oven to finish for a few minutes (you can look up rough guides on how long but you should have an instant read and be checking every couple of minutes). That will give you the time to deal with things like fries or whatever else needs to be done.
Paper towels hold grease. Fries sitting on paper towels are sitting in grease which defeats the purpose. Put the paper towel under the cooling rack not over it. You'll still get rid of a lot of the grease from the fries and you'll have crispier fries.
This may just be my taste but bearnaise is very heavy for a good steak. If you're spending serious money on beef why cover up the flavor of the meat? I'd rather have a pan sauce that compliments the flavor of the steak rather than obscures it.
To that first paragraph I can attest personal experience. I don’t know why it never occurred to me before, but I was cooking solo in the kitchen for a dinner party and juggling personal ramekins of cheese soufflé with filet mignon and sides, which of course all required moving fast and getting it out to the table stat, and I had my best friend running ragged as a plater and server. I just suddenly wondered how people are able to make these big elaborate meals. And then it hit me that usually there are fully staffed kitchens with plenty of counter space and utensils and pots and pans when this type of food is made. I’m all about being an at-home cook and I love cooking, but I realized that day that some menus simply are not feasible in a domestic kitchen. (Happy ending: the soufflés were Julia’s non-collapsible recipe, and the filets were excellent)
I think the heavy sauce is just a French thing, to each their own, I do love a Bearnaise on mine, but I'm a saucy gal
I agree not to cover up the steak flavor too much, and béarnaise is basically an herby hollandaise, delicious but not my fav combo with steak. I prefer either pan sauce, fresh garlic & butter, pepper sauce, or if in the mood for extra flavor, pepper & mushroom sauce.
Important to remember when the cook book was written, which explains slathering a good steak in a thick sauce
I love bernaise you can just place on the side of the dish, I think the vinegar in the sauce gives a good balance against the fat. Also a redwine sauce is very nice with steak, you can also add champignons or even those tiny pearl onions to the sauce.
Jamie, you are so entertaining. Your dry wit is unmatched.
What a beautiful meal. Bravo. I hear you on the cold meal issues. As I live alone, I have learned to only cook one half of a "normal" steak at a time. I can't eat more than one half and there really is no way to reheat a perfect medium-rare steak without overcooking the steak. Something else I have tried is to cut the leftover cold steak into a large dice and making a cold steak salad with the leftovers. Romain, slivers of red onion, quartered grape tomatoes, diced cold steak. It works.
I'm team cold steak salad for round #2.
I also cut the steak in half and just eat half at a time.
Your shows are gifts that keep on giving. As an always learning, growing home cook, I love ALL your recipes. I have made every mistake you've made over the years (e.g. the hollandaise scrambled eggs 🤣 OMG 🤣) and your ability to laugh and learn from them is inspiring and reassuring. Keep them comin', Jamie. You are a master.
I like your clear and relaxed presentation. And the steak looked great. I think Julia approves.
What a great way to start my Sunday morning! Well done as always, Jamie!
Watercress is a superb match for steak - its peppery taste beautifully complements the meat. I note you mention JC's lack of pre-cooking seasoning - I've always been taught NOT to season steak, especially with salt, before cooking, as this draws out the moisture and can make the meat tougher than otherwise - best to season whilst the steak is resting. I've also always been taught to make Bearnaise and Hollandaise in a bain marie, which provides gentler heat and makes the sauce less likely to scramble. It takes longer, but is worth it - I've never had a problem! Oh, and Bearnaise is also really nice with chicken, as you'd imagine with a buttery tarragon sauce! One final thing, if you're going to do another JC steak recipe, PLEASE do Tournedos Rossini......it was the first dish I ever cooked from MtAoFC.
When I want some special frites, I go the mashed sticks route. Dice russets into equal sized cubes (~inch). Boil until fork/knife tender. Rice/mash the potatoes. Finely meshing the potatoes leads to a more gummy interior. Mix in some potato/cornstarch, turning it into a biscuit like consistency. Place mash into ziplock bags and sheet them to your desired thickness. Freeze until firm. Remove from bags and slice mash sheets into sticks. Dust sticks with more starch to help with the outer crispiness. Deep fry at 375 for 4-5 minutes, pull to let the temp come back up to 375, deep fry for two minutes or until they have the color/doneness you want. The frites will take on the flavor of whatever oil/fat you use. You can throw in herbs during the 2nd fry.
Brought back a number of fond memories working at some very good restaurants in CLE, CHI, NYC & Santa Fe, NM.
This was very helpful in its honesty… including the food getting cold and sauce thickening.
I've been sucked into a string of your videos now, and i can't work out why you don't have 10-20 times the views you gave new with the production quality you present
Your confidence level on this meal created success. Good job😊
Love your show... I was always taught (in classical French cooking) beef was garnished with water cress and fish was always garnished with parsley.
This video showcases how far your skills have come! It looks amazing
I love how honest you are about the dishes you cook.
great video
Good effort! I’ve been a Chef/ Restaurant owner for 26 years, formally trained at “Johnson & Wales”. Those French custard style sauces are the most difficult of the 5 “Mother Sauces” of French cuisine. Why? Because they “Break” not “Split”. Your best bet is to prepare the sauce during the 7-10 required resting time for certain proteins. That will not only make it easier, but the steak will not be piping hot keeping your sauce from breaking! Just a friendly tip!
Hope it help?
Great job on the bernaise sauce! As others have suggested, you have to keep it warm or use it immediately. If you make it in a blender, it's easier to pour into a thermos to keep it warm until you need it. You can also keep it warm over a pan of hot water.
Oh, hon, I feel you on whoever's got a goofy motorcycle or abused muffler. Moved from off a main road to the boonies, and the peace is so worth it for me!
Your videos never fail to delight, so stay strong despite the city distractions!
300K subs! Congrats, you deseve the hell out of it!
Beautiful sauce Jamie!!!!🎉
I made this, wish I could show you a picture. It’s so good. Thanks for the inspiration
Thanks very much. Have always been terrified of making the bernaise but now I’m going to give it a go.
(Pssst…the knorr mix is fab🤫)
Dude, this is the first time ive seen your channel. Instant sub❤
Nice video, thank you. Yeah watercress! We all have that hanging around our kitchen, why not? Lol. I appreciate your hard work recreating these recipes. You’re awesome.
Well done Jamie🎉
Jamie, you make your French fries the only way I prepare mine - thin and crisp. Adding Bernaise sauce is my favorite method to gild a great steak. You did a fantastic job!
I make a 'cheat' bearnaise: Mix to TASTE - mayonnaise, squeeze a little lemon juice, dijon, salt, pepper, and tarragon (fresh or dried). No cooking is required. Best if rested in the fridge for a few hours. Great with fish and chicken too.
I discovered your channel in the past month and have been going through a lot of your videos. Joining now and watching your old videos makes it look like you are losing skills with each old video I watch but I love your presentation style and watching you succeed at all kinds of dishes. At 9:29 though all of your past experiences have culminated in stopping yourself from touching the hot fries right out of the fryer and pouring it into a bowl instead. cant wait for the next one
This is the first time while watching your videos I wished you can share with us some of your plate 😂 nom nom. Looks great!
Nice steak. It doesn't look like you have a problem with stainless, but mine doesn't work like that. Then I got a high carbon pan and I love it. Nothing sticks, and everything gets well seared. I hope you never stop doing Julia episodes.
Omg you are tops ...wishing I had pucked up steaks before "paddling back to our island paradise" your JJ video is the only tech that I have watched in 7 days...mouth watering for sure...and will make this at our cabin next time ...again if you both ever need to relax up here in NL you d be more than welcome....keep up the hard work and learning to cook you re on your way to master level now for sure!!!
My dad always added a bit of chervil as well in his reduction. Gives it a bit more freshness and depth but also compliments the anisseed flavor of the tarragon. :)
Edit: also, if you have trouble with your bearnaise seizing, try storing it in a ban Marie before serving.
Learning something new every time 🙂
Dude, that looks so great.
i find making hollandaise is easier when you use the dump method. i just dump all the ingredients into a pan and whisk until combined then slowly heat the whole thing. i've made it like this dozens of times and never had one break
You nailed it!
i love how jam jam gives us a flashback so we don’t have to dig to find it 😊
Great job on the steak and fries, both looked delicious!
My absolute favorite way to eat steak! Love Bernaise sauce and of course frites! I had this once in Paris and it did not disappoint! I've never tried it at home, but now after watching you I just might! Love your show, btw.
Super fun! Watercress makes sense since iit's peppery
Congratulations, you killed it making that Bernaise sauce! All of those Hollandaise-type sauces thicken as they cool. All you need to do is whisk in a tablespoon (or 2) of hot water to bring it back to the proper consistency.
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Watching Past You fail that previous sauce and then slay this one was really wonderful. I clapped. Hope you could hear it.
I make Hollandaise and Bearnaise sauces in the blender when at the point of adding the melted butter. Just pour the pan ingredients into the blender then stream in the melted butter and go thinner since it does thicken while sitting. Just something I picked up along the way.
awesome! been looking forward to this one
Watercress goes great with steak. The bright peppery freshness contrast well with the meatyness if the steak. I like a steak sandwich made with a nice crusty bread with butter, steak, salt, and watercress.
Though I'd use a lit more than the few leaves you scattered on.
Oh! Premier! Can't wait For this! I also love me some steak si perfect combo man!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
i love the ending victorious flashback :)
Not at all related to this recipe but I understand not reading through the recipe just not to get overwhelmed. Yesterday i tried a recipe which my husband had seen the recipe video and when I stated i am doing it, he was like are you sure. But i just made sure i had all the ingredients and started and along the way got everything done and it came out good even though it had like 3 mini recipes in it 😅😅 so, yay to just diving in head on and seeing in thru🎉
Very pretty meal🥰
I’m impressed. You broke almost every rule about making hollandaise and still ended up with a passable sauce. First, cooking the yolks over direct heat usually takes a lot of experience but you did it. Second, the idea is to cook the yolks first, then stream in the butter to form an emulsion. You cooked the yolks while adding the butter and still got an emulsion. And best way I’ve found to hold sauces at home is a gravy boat that holds hot water within the sides.
I have never made béarnaise sauce. I guess I should try it
Jamie ... I have a recipe that uses that watercress for a "pesto guacamole" ... so I'd take the uneaten watercress and make a batch ... you can make it 2 or 3 days ahead of time and it doesn't blacken like regular guac ... it's delicious.
Thank You.
Yes please! ❤❤❤❤
I usually use Kerrygold in my sauce and I prepare it in a bain marie, oh I love bernaise sauce!
Thanks Jamie!
4:10.. the first year or so of making hollandaise.. good lord that was painful and sad and frustrating. There are many ways to stabilise your emulsion but I think making an almost sabayon (vinegar and egg yolks whisked until they’re basically cream like in nature) and keeping your double boiler really low in temperature are good tricks to know
I suggest to cook the steak in oil first and then put the butter.
Cause if you cook the steak in butter first then the butter will be burnt by the time you finished cooking the steak.
Great job😋
I really liked this method of making Bernaise. I don't have to stand there painstakingly whisking in cold butter, hoping and praying my sauce doesn't break. Hmmm, the next time I have to make it, I might look up Julia's version.
Bearnaise are probably the most served sauce after ketchup here in Sweden, but oftenly cold and made with oil instead of butter. It's quite a common pizza topping too.
Bearnaise sauce on a pizza sounds crazy, but I kind of want to try it. Just don't tell my Italian grandmother.
@@jayleno2192 Just numb her before hand by trying banana, curry powder and ham pizza. Also a Swedish pizza invention.
The Swedish know how to live!
Sweden....
They have cool experimental cooking but i wouldn t put bearnaise or mayo or wtv on a pizza...😂
@@etienne8110 Then you are missing out on something really tasty.
A cool trick for keeping hollandaise/ béarnaise sauces from splitting is to keep them in a thermos. They’re so susceptible to heat that keeping them exactly where they’re at helps stop them from splitting
Watercress is great with meat. Even when it cooks a little from the residual heat of the plates food it brings a peppery freshness to everything
Always love watching young Jamie clips to see how far you have come.
Another great video, and one that inspires me to try this meal in the near future. I will say, now that I don't eat steak very often, I find a whole steak to be incredibly filling. As for the watercress, it is a classic side dish to all sorts of roast meat and fowl. The astringency cuts the richness of the meat. Watercress and Saratoga chips are classically the only sides for roast game birds.
Waiting for my favorite anti chef on his premier!! Love your channel young man!
French bistros always put some side salad just for the hell of it. It makes clients feel better about themselves when they eat big plates lol
"I ate a 500g steak but with some leaves so it's good, I am still rocking the diet I want to start tomorrow"
You are killing it! Perfect Bearnaise & double fried fries! 😽😽
Perfect try! So great.!
Another hit
Julia recommends seasoning steak right before plating. Helps to not dry it out while cooking. And most of it comes off in the pan while cooking. I think it’s a common mistake of everyone to do it before cooking.
The easy way to make bearnaise is with a stick blender. Then keep it in a warm bowl, covered to keep it warm.
I. Love. Steak. SO MUCH. And yours looks ssoooo frkn good 👍🏼 yuuummmmmm 🤤
Unfortunately, the price of meat has gone through the damn room so it’s been a long time since I’ve had a good helping of meaty goodness. I guess for now I’ll have to just remember the times when I was a kid, when my dad made steak every weekend and I never appreciated just how lucky I was.
Anyways, good job, chef! 😊
For béarnaise it’s better to reduce your liquid herb mixture to a syrup consistency before adding the eggs and butter.
I wonder if you could leave the bernaise over a double boiler so it gets a little amount of heat. I see other people say to keep in a thermos that could also work.
It looked delicious, and I bet it tasted fine as well.
Jaimie has made it in this episoe, so I believe I could make a bearnaise sauce successfully. The presentation of the process was excellent and super informative, while being slick and dynamic. S+ rating on that.
Awesome, for the best cook job on a steak so far. So many episodes it was a fight to translate a recipe to the point it can work today, meaning, accidental overcooking. Jaimie knows what makes a good steak but the chaos of a recipe plus as he said, the logistics of filming makes a difference when he just wants to be a better cook. It's like the practical and mechanical side gets in the way of the heart. A Tough balance, for sure, one who is just a viewer rather than a creator may not fully get.
The honesty of it all, gets my full respect. I'm sure Jaimie will always keep fighting to get things to the best result he can, cause he is a fighter as he has proven over and over. At the same time, these vids are always super interesting and entertaining. So we are on a good journey, I'm happy to have a ticket for, lol.
As to specifics..You can't go wrong with a ribeye. They are so good. I mean, I might have had Korean BBQ today and we had a couple of them on the fire. I mean I'm a simple dude, meat is good. Meat on fire, simple but satisfying. Heck me and my friend refuse the marinated items to have that pure flavor, maybe some salt and that is about it. So a recipe like this, looks cool for a change. Sometimes, why not go for the extra fancy, extra effort for the experience. It could be the best thing you ever had.
As for the fries, double frying sounds like a ton more work but the results speak for themselves. If you put in the effort to cook, you gotta go all the way. I'm sad cause a local place, one of those hamburger/breakfast/tons of random food places closed. They double fried and their fries were amazing.
As to the full result, it certainly looked like a filling meal if not that restaurant experience. That is the reality of not having a room full of staff who all cook things to order so everything shows up right at the perfect moment together all at the peak of doneness. We got the jist of what it came out to. The flavors and textures. That is such a good element to making us viewers feel more a part of all this. Jaimie works hard to create this show. It's so much to juggle. Yet the episodes keep getting better and better. Other people can criticize different things, but that happens too much and too easily these days for my..um taste. We gotta celebrate the good as much as possible too.
Pfft, Boo Me... How did I not mention the inclusion of the clip from the past.. that so helped the story of the recipe and the journey. I approve and thought it elevated the whole vid. We all compare Jaimie today to the Jaimie of the past.. and he does.. so it's such a cool idea to have that so everyone can feel the diff.
Loved it. Hint - if you add a little sugar with the salt on the fries, they will taste better.😊
Great seeing the old Ontario apartment again.
If you ever get the chance the relais entrecôte chain of restaurants does a nice steak frites with a green sauce.
Ha! I saw your knife fliparoony - very good vid
You’re correct. Your sauce was too thick from sitting too long. Stir in a few drops of hot but not boiling water and and it will thin out nicely 12:55 . In the future, you can make the vinegar infusion ahead of time and make the sauce while resting the steak. The portion you gave yourself would feed two people in France. The watercress is mostly garnish, but can be eaten as the slightly spicy flavor complements beef.
You can microwave the potatoes with a starch coating instead of double frying.
Faster, less messing with oil, and I think you get a softer, fluffier, texture in the fries.
Cut, wash, pat dry, toss in starch. Cover and zap in the microwave till the fries are soft and cooked through, and the starch is set. Then fry till crispy and golden brown.
Add a little water to thin out your sauce ! Less is more or you will end up with a really thin bernaise. Looks really good and delicious as always.
While I've never made Hollandaise or Bearnaise sauce, I saw Alton Brown do it on "Good Eats," and after he made it, he put it into a Thermos. This might be of help to you next time. Bon chance!
My old roommate used to say she was a land manatee when she was super full like that. Good effort on the dish!
Salt steak before cooking can toughen it as the salt drawsout fluids.
I found that the to get the best consistency of hollandaise/bernaise is 50g of butter per egg yolk - otherwise yes, it does get way too thick. Plus, as Julia says in her "Hollandaise Family" episode of 'The French Chef' to take the pan off the heat when adding the melted butter. However, maybe you turned the flame off when you did that... I couldn't tell if it was on or off since it was still on the burner!
Good work, Jamie. You’ve certainly become proficient in the kitchen. Have been incredibly busy and have missed your recent shows but am catching up. ❤ But one thing: why do you torture me without your charmingly eccentric dancing?!? More dancing! Please! Whenever the spirit moves you, of course. That may be the issue: your spirit isn’t moving you to outbursts of happy physical expression. Signed, dancer. ps I see you’re almost up to 300K! Wowie, u & Kristie must be excited . .