Natural Born Grillers

• Serves: 4
• Preparation time: 15 minutes plus chilling time
• Cooking time:
  • (2cm/¾inch thick steak)
  • Rare: 2½ minutes on each side
  • Medium: 4 minutes on each side
  • Well done: 6 minutes on each side

Ingredients:

• 4 lean rib-eye, sirloin or rump steaks

• Jerk marinade:

• 2 green chillies, deseeded and roughly chopped
• 2 spring onions, roughly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
• 5ml/1tsp ground allspice
• 15ml/1tbsp fresh thyme leaves
• 30ml/2tbsp dark rum
• 2.5ml/½tsp ground cinnamon
• 5ml/1tsp caster sugar
• 30ml/2tbsp light soy sauce

Method:

1. Place the marinade ingredients into a food processor or blender and whizz together to form a smooth paste.
2. Spoon the marinade into a shallow dish and coat the steaks on both sides. Cover ands marinate in the refrigerator for up to 1 hour overnight for extra flavour.
3. Cook the steaks according to your preference on a prepared barbecue or preheated grill.
4. Serve the steaks with a pasta salad and crusty bread.

If time is short why not use a jar of prepared or dry rub jerk seasoning. A variety of jerk pastes and seasonings are available at all good supermarkets. Jerk pastes/seasoning works well on lamb too.