Kevin Smith is a master butcher, chef, and co-owner of Beast &amp; Cleaver, The Peasant, and Little Beast in Seattle. The Peasant has been named a top Seattle restaurant by The Seattle Met, Eater, and The Infatuation. Kevin was also nominated for Best Emerging Chef by the James Beard Foundation.

Kevin Smith

Picanha is the steak that you can cook like duck breast. The sirloin cap, from the rump of the animal, even looks similar to a super-sized duck breast with a triangular shape and robust fat cap. We like to score the fat cap and slowly sear the picanha in a pan to evenly render and crisp the fat before giving it a butter baste and finishing it in a low oven. Because of the uneven shape of the cut, cooking it this way produces a gradient in doneness, so you get a wonderful range of textures and flavors, from the crispy fat and more well-done meat around the edges of the picanha, to the blushing medium-rare interior.

Slow-Roasted Picanha Steak