Re: Rock hard steak
Again, marination of steaks depends on the cut. T-Bone/porterhouse/chuck…needs loads of marinating time cos it’s tough. Filet mignon doesn’t really need any marination time…an hour/30 minutes. Usually, filet mignon is cooked with salt and pepper and served with some sort of reduction sauce…the less spices/marinade you use, the better really. Simple marinades work best with steaks. Idk about wrapping it a certian way, easiest way to marinate for me, is throw the steak in a plastic ziploc bag with all the marinade ingredients…shake it around and place it in the fridge. Although, I will say, my mom used to marinate steak in a dry rub and used wax paper to wrap it and freeze it. Then every morning she’d cook us steak to take for lunch lol so maybe you could use wax paper?
Aged steak I honestly know nothing about it, sorry. =/ I’m assuming it’s like jerky-ish?
I preheat my oven to about 430 F and cook it for about 10 minutes. 10 minutes makes it medium, which is how i like my steak. But if you wanted it well done you would add probably a few more minutes to that, and if you wanted it medium-rare i’d say about 6-7 minutes in the oven would do it.