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Sceptical mum Sharna joins John for a day’s work in the fields to see for herself where Lidl’s Deluxe Scotch Beef comes from, and challenges him with her concerns around quality. She is surprised, and happy, to learn that John’s entire herd is born and bred in Scotland on a grass-based diet making them 100% Scotch Beef.

With the focus on beef this summer, Lidl are looking for your summer steak tips - how to season it, cook it and what to have with it. Do you prefer frying them or maybe you insist on a grill or BBQ? Do you have a special rub or seasoning mixture you swear by? What about sauces like Bernaise, garlic and herb or pepper? Or maybe you knock up a cracking side order of onion rings or mushrooms that you can share a recipe for? We're looking for cooking tips and recipes from you that turn a straightforward steak supper into a sensational one.

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I always find that the simpler the better when it comes to steak. Get the pan really hot and sear the steak on both sides. Season with a little salt and pepper and cook to preference. Simple :)

Leave the steak out of the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
Use a griddle pan and oil
Season steak well
Heat pan well so very hot
Then cook steak medium rare
Leave to rest

I use a well seasoned (read elderly) cast iron griddle pan and sear the meat quickly at a high heat. My tip would be to never try to turn a steak on a griddle until it lifts off as that means you have a good crust. DH likes his medium so I pop his in a warm oven so it carries on cooking while I show mine the pan.

Getting someone else to cook it works best for me!

I liked to pan fry some onions and garlic, then pan fry my steak with some parboiled potatoes and peas. Add some Indian spices (garam masala and tandoori masala) and last of all when all this is cooked add some honey to it.

I always use a griddle pan cooks the steak perfectly every time .

I can't afford steak often but I love it when I have it and I always cook it like my dad used to cook it when we had steak on our birthdays!

It's dead easy, sprinkle the steak with garlic salt and grill it for a few minutes either side. Once it's cooked to your liking, put it in a dish in a warm oven to rest for a bit, while you cook the chips.

I'm hungry now.... I'm starting to wish I had got myself some steak!!

I enjoy my Lidl steak thinly sliced, resting in a Lidl's baguette, smothered in onion relish and crisps!

Fried briefly in a hot pan - rarer the better!

Griddle pan. Super hot. Normally 4 minutes for just over medium - a touch pink with no blood - turning every minute. Rest on warm plate for the same amount of time it was cooked. Had Lidl steak on Saturday night - it was really fantastic meat.

Steak cooking tip- don't have a vegetarian partner
I miss cooking (and eating) steak hohum! :P

Most important: oil the steak not the pan. Always cook from room temperature and make sure the pan is sizzling hot

Cook to your liking, but ALWAYS finish off with a good knob (or three!) of butter to swirl around the pan mingling with all the steak juices

Butter helps everything (nods wisely)

Season and leave to rest

Under cook rather than over!

i like my steak medium rare, i season with a bit of pepper, heat a knob of butter in a frying pan and cook the steaks on a medium high heat for 2 to 3 minutes each side. turns out perfect every time

Rib eye, sirloin or fillet. Seared both sides the oven for a few mins. Nice and medium - medium rare. Serve with oven roasted vine cherry tomatoes and a stuffed rice red pepper. Or home made chunky chips and pepper sauce. Job done.

Make sure the pan is really hot and don't overcook it. I like to serve with a creamy pepper sauce.

One of the few meals DH cooks

Give the meat time to come to room temperature. Oils the meat not the pan. Quick sear on both sides and then stick in the oven while everything else is being prepared

Serve medium rare

drooling at the thought

It has to be panfried, with a light coating of freshly ground pepper or slathered with homemade (and incredibly pungent) garlic butter. Served beautifully rare, rested, succulent and yummy. And preferably with a bit of buttered baguette to sneakily soak up the pan juices with afterwards as a guilty treat.

I went on a cooking day with Jamie Oliver , he said buy steak in one piece that will serve two. Cook it whole , then carve into slices and serve on a board , that way it's crusty on outside and still nice and rare inside.

I marinade my steak in garlic and red wine vinegar. I fry in a frying pan, using groundnut oil heated really hot. A quick couple of minutes on each side and it's cooked just how we like it. I pair it with a mushroom, cream and brandy sauce plus crispy chips and peas. Plus, of course, a glass of red.

To us a good steak is expensive (but bearable at lidl!); a luxury item so to enjoy it is to appreciate it as it stands. Always room temp to start, hot pan with a drizzle of oil, lots of sea salt and medium rare. It really needs a good 5 mins rest before serving.

Alongside we like yesterday's already boiled left over jersey royals roasted for 20 mins in the oven in olive oil. We also like to serve beef tomatoes sliced in half, having been roasted in the oven drizzled with oil. But any tomato will do really. Good mustard to serve.

Thanks Emma. Your amazing. Thanks for all your splendipulous ideas. I also love mine with fried butter.

It is indeed lovely in butter but my colleague posted the previous post, and it add insult to injury spelt you're wrong!!!

1. Use decent beef. Wagyu cannot be beaten
2. Tenderise
3. Season it with at least salt and pepper
4. Don't play with it when you're grilling - let it grill!
5. Don't overcook it. Medium rare is best
6. Let it rest at least 5 minutes when you're finished.

My top tip for cooking steak is to buy a halogen oven.
Ever since I started using a halogen oven 2-3 years ago I have been delighted how amazingly well steaks turn out and with how little faff and mess.
I am a fussy steak eater and only used to be able to get steak to my taste from a good steak restaurant.
These days I can't get steak cooked better than at home.
I like my steak with the fat nicely browned and crispy and the meat rare to medium rare.
I can cook two or three steaks at the same time in my halogen and it takes the same amount of time to get a salad put together to go with it.
I like to grind some sea salt with garlic powder and dried rosemary in a pestle and sprinkle that on both sides of my steak while I get the halogen oven preheated (the manufacturers say you don't need to preheat a halogen but if you want the lines across the meat from the grill you need to do this) with the high grill in place. Then when the temperature is up to 230C I put the steaks in place and set the timer to six minutes.

Six minutes later I check how it's doing. Although you can watch closely all through the cooking process because the oven is glass and you can see if it is cooking faster or slower than expected.

Then I get the steak out and put it to rest for five minutes and then serve.

No mess and perfect stress-free steak as long as you don't get distracted.