Tomahawk

[Pepper Pig Profile]

I’m being lured to the Dark Side I think. Everyone seems to be selling beef tomahawk steaks and I keep thinking that they’re a bit too cheap to be as good as they say. And then they turned up on GBM and looked amazing. I know Polo would love the bones!

Have you cooked them? How, and is the meat as tasty and tender as expected?

[northleedsbhoy Profile]

According to this article they’re not really worth the money as they’re just glorified ribeye steaks French trimmed but look good on a plate. Ribeye is my favourite steak but I wouldn’t bother with a tomahawk.

https://www.foodbeast.com/news/tomahawk-steak-scam/

Cheers
NLB

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I’m not sure that article is entirely right, as it says “the meat that is cut off the bone is sold as short rib” - surely the point of short rib is that it is a section of rib bone with meat on it?


The reason the seem cheap compared to rib eye from the same source is surely that a good proportion of the weight is bone?

[karadekoolaid Profile]

My kids have cooked them, but I haven´t got a clue, as I don´t eat meat!
I´d imagine the tomahawk is tricky to cook, given (a) it´s size ( I can´t see it fitting into a frying pan) and (b) the thickness. How do you ensure a perfectly cooked centre without overcooking the outside?

[liketocook Profile]

We cooked a couple of big ones two years ago for a family BBQ and they worked really well. I think they lend themselves to that type of cooking. The meat was certainly tasty and tender, yes slightly well done towards the edge but still juicy and flavoursome. I can't remember how much we paid but remember they were good value for the amount of meat we got but probably not much if any cheaper than buying the equivalent steak.

[Lokelani Profile]

My favourite treat steak is Cote de boeuf which I think is the same as a Tomahawk just with a shorter bone. They usually fit in a frying pan and seem like I'm paying for less bone, although i'm sure it's taken into account in the price per kilo somewhere.

I do like the look of a Tomahawk though, very Fred Flintstone.

[northleedsbhoy Profile]

A roasted rib of beef is my favourite roast beef but it’s not something I’d cook for myself.

Cheers
NLB

[karadekoolaid Profile]

With the tomahawks I´ve seen, NLB, you´d probably have enough meat for about a week!!