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Gordon at the opening of Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at…

Gordon at the opening of Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV, Jan. 27, 2013.

The Manhattan Filet Project – This New Steak Cut is the Bomb

While I’m thrilled to be bringing you this “Manhattan Filet” demo, I should start by apologizing for waiting so long. I learned this great technique a few years ago on a foodie fieldtrip to Las Vegas, and have been keeping it to myself ever since.

Of course, waiting three years to publicly share things you did in Vegas is always a prudent strategy, but that wasn’t the case here.

Regardless, this simple technique not only provides you with a NY Strip steak that eats like a filet mignon, but as you’ll see soon, the trimmings are going to be used to make a world-class pan sauce. Even if a faux-bordelaise isn’t your cup of tea, you can always save the scraps for a Sunday sauce, or meatballs, and so this method still makes sense no matter.

The overnight “dry-aging” step is optional, but does add a little something extra to the final product. In addition to some nominal flavor concentration, the leathery surface will crust up marvelously. Anyway, stay tuned for the companion sauce video coming up next, and if you want to play along at home, go out and grab some nice fat NY strips, and start your own Manhattan filet project. Enjoy!

Please note: I recommend using at least 12-14 ounce NY Strip steaks!

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Las Vegas: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ winner is head…

Las Vegas: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ winner is head chef at Ramsay eatery

“When it comes to hot restaurants in Las Vegas, Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris is one of the hottest. Diners may not see Chef Ramsay but they could see Christina Wilson, who won a year’s contract as the steakhouse’s head chef for her first-place finish on Season 10 of “Hell’s Kitchen.”

In honor of her victory over 18 other competitors, the restaurant is now serving what it calls the Hell’s Kitchen Limited Edition Tasting Menu. That’s quite a mouthful, but not nearly as palatable as the five-course dinner itself.

Ramsay’s British roots are evident throughout the meal. It begins with a Scotch egg made with Berkshire pork sausage and red wine-braised cabbage. Beef Wellington, Ramsay’s signature dish, is served as the third course.

The prix-fixe menu costs $145 per person; wine pairings are an additional $75 per person. The price includes a souvenir folder with an autographed photo of Wilson alongside Ramsay and executive chef Kevin Hee.

Wilson took up her new post within days of the airing of the program’s final segment, although that was more than a year after the reality show had finished filming.

“Everybody that was part of the final episode for 15 months knew who won and how it went down that night,” Wilson said. “We just, under contract, weren’t allowed to say anything.”

Because she couldn’t start her new job until after that episode aired, Wilson returned to Philadelphia to work, knowing she wouldn’t be in the job very long.

“It was hard,” she said. “I literally had to forget it ever happened. I tried really hard not to think about it.”

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