My doctor friend occasionally asks for recipes relating to dishes he's had at restaurants, in the past, or other such things.
A while back, he had asked about the steak at Steak & Ale. Although I had eaten at Steak & Ale a few times, I had never had this particular steak dish. I found a couple of things via Google and the one he decided sound the closest to the flavour he remembered was this recipe for
Steak & Ale Meat Marinade.
Well, about a week ago, he emailed to say that he was ready to try it, so he gave me the money, the next time I was over there and I put it together and marinated a pair of rib eyes (once in a while it IS possible to get better meat hear) in it last night and then cooked them at his house this afternoon.
It was delicious. Of course, I had no basis for comparison, but he said it was pretty close and that the original may have been a little tangier (probably because pineapple juice here tends to be sweeter since we get the pineapples REALLY fresh and ripe.
Either way, it's a definite keeper.