Pork Free Gluten Free Bistecca alla Fiorentina

Few dishes command a dinner table quite like a thick, bone-in Porterhouse seared to a deep mahogany crust over screaming-hot cast iron. This is Bistecca alla Fiorentina in its most elemental form — a celebration of great beef, good olive oil, and the kind of heat that creates a crust you can hear. The ingredient list is refreshingly short: kosher salt, black pepper, olive oil, and a couple of rosemary sprigs draped over the meat as it rests, perfuming every slice with that piney, aromatic warmth. Because the entire recipe is built around a single beautiful steak and pantry staples, there's nothing to second-guess from a pork-free standpoint — no hidden broths, no cured-meat garnishes, no ambiguous seasonings. The technique does all the heavy lifting: letting the steak come to room temperature, searing undisturbed until it releases cleanly, then finishing the fat cap upright on the bone for full edge-to-edge color. Sliced against the grain and fanned out on a platter with lemon wedges and a pinch of flaky sea salt, it looks like something from a Florentine trattoria. This is the kind of recipe that makes people put down their phones and pay attention.

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