USDA STEAKS & CHOPS Flashcards
(17 cards)
TEMPERATURES
*RARE - Red throughout, cold center, cool plate adjust
* MEDIUM RARE - Red throughout, warm center
* MEDIUM - Bright pink to red, warm center
* MEDIUM WELL - Slightly pink, hot center
* WELL - Cooked throughout
* PITTSBURGH - Charred, rare
WE FEATURE…
- 28 day wet-aged
- USDA prime beef
- Seasoned with a house dry steak rub
- Broiled at 1500 degrees
- Served on 400 degree sizzling hot plates
- Finished with clarified butter and chopped parsley
MASTRO’S STEAK RUB SEASONING
- salt
- paprika
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- wheat flour
- sugar
- other “secret spices”
FILET | PETITE FILET
- 6, 8 oz
- The leanest and most tender cut
- All filets are CHOICE CENTER CUTS from the short loin
BONE-IN FILET
- 12 & 18oz
- “Signature cut’
- All cuts are center cuts
- Aged and broiled on the bone gives the steak extra flavor
- Bone accounts for 3-4oz
NEW YORK STRIP
- 16oz
- Prime
- Firm texture and full flavor
Pepper Steak - seasoned with a mixture of our house steak rub and fresh ground black pepper
“CHEF’S CUT” NEW YORK STRIP
- 20oz
- Prime
- Larger version of 16 oz. cut and selected from chuck end making it more marbled and flavorful
BONE-IN KANSAS CITY STRIP
- 180z
- Prime
- Aged and broiled on the bone gives steak extra flavor
- Firm texture and full flavor
- Bone accounts for 3-4oz
BONE-IN RIBEYE
- 22oz
- Prime
- Most marbled and most flavorful steak
- Bone accounts for 4-5oz
RACK OF LAMB
- 22oz
- Australian
- Full 8 bone rack that is split in half
HALAL
DOUBLE CUT PORK CHOP
- 16 oz. bone-in cut
- U.S. grade No. 1
- Vande Rose Farms
- Marinated in garlic and broiled
- Accompanied with brandy apple pecan sauce
LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN
- 2 (8oz) chicken breasts
- Free range and organic
- Seasoned with lemon pepper and flour
- Pan seared
- Served with arugula salad, Grana Padano, and lemon vinaigrette
- Finished with Buerre Blanc, capers, roasted tomatoes and lemon slices
- Presented on a 200-degree plate
- Garnished with chopped parsley
BRUNSON DRY AGED BONE-IN KANSAS CITY STRIP
- 20oz
- Prime
- Grass fed and grain finished
- Bone accounts for 3-4oz
- Dry Aged 35 days
- Seasoned with salt and black pepper
- Broiled at 1500 degrees
- Served on 400 degree sizzling hot plates
- Finished with clarified butter and chopped parsley
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER: DRY AGED FOR 35 DAYS
AUSTRALIAN WAGYU
- 32oz and 40oz bone-in Ribeye cut
- Tomahawk
- Westholme Cross Cattle
- Grass and grain fed
- Wet aged
- Hormone free
- BMS is 7 out of 12 on the American scale
- Seasoned with a house dry steak rub
- Broiled at 1500 degrees
- Served on 400 degree sizzling hot plates
- Finished with clarified butter and chopped parsley
HALAL
JAPANESE A5 WAGYU
8, 10 & 12oz
* New York Strip
* Japanese pure bred Wagyu cattle
* Miyazaki Prefecture + KAGOSHIMA
* Rice, straw, corn and molasses fed
* Wet aged
* BMS is 9 to 12 on the American scale
* 5 out of 5 on the Japanese scale
* Can be available in different portion sizes | Minimum of 8oz
* Seasoned with a house dry steak rub
* Broiled at 1500 degrees
* Served on room temperature plate (NO HOT PLATE - FAT HAS LOW MELTING POINT)
* Finished with clarified butter and chopped parsley
TRUE A5 KOBE BEEF | 100% TAJIMA CATTLE
- Minimum 4oz
- New York Strip
- Hyogo Prefecture
- Rice, straw, corn and molasses fed
- Wet aged
- BMS is 9 to 12 on the American scale Wet aged
- 5 out of 5 on the Japanese scale
- Can be available in different portion sizes (2oz increments)
- Seasoned with Maldon sea salt and black pepper
- Cooked on cast iron sizzle plate to desired temperature
- Served on black Kobe plate
Flavor notes: More earthiness