Finally for the first time we got around to going to Dominique and Olivier's gourmet grocer in chaumont and bought a lovely piece of cote de boeuf from Signeville.
It is stunning weather here so we did it justice on the BBQ using charcoal and some lavender ( we use what ever we are in the middle of trimming, whether it's lavender, thyme, sage, rosemary etc but last night it was lavender).
Cooked to 52 degrees, then rested it was absolutely amazing. You read all the stuff about happy animals tasting delicious and I often think it's a load of rubbish but in this instance it would turn out to be 100% correct. We watch these beef grow and frolic everyday, eating the fresh grass and nutrients carefully supplied by the lovely farmers.
These cows make up a part of our daily lives whether just watching them from the bottom of the garden, seeing the hay being made, enjoying seeing them hanging out under the trees on hot days or simply enjoying the baby calfs being silly little ones.
This is simply as good as beef gets to taste and it's amazing to know we can buy it locally having watched them being cared for and doing it justice on the plate.
For future reference, we served it with a Josh Emmet recipe we have done before which is a bone marrow crust but this time we used smoked bacon fat and served the crust separately rather than grilled on top. A caramalised onion puree, a lentil roasted mushroom onion dish, smoked roasted potatoes on the bbq and salad. Superb.
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