Tip:
Checking your steak for doneness and softness by poking with your finger. So how soft you say? There is a simple way to do this by comparing the firmness of the steak to the meaty part of your hand below your thumb. So, open your hand and poke that meaty part below your thumb with your index finger. (With the opposite hand obviously, but hey, I just want to be clear.) Feel the softness and this would be the softness of a raw steak. Now, take your index finger and just lightly touch your thumb, don't flex or grip. Poke the meaty part, it is slightly firmer and this how a rare steak would feel. Take your second finger only a touch your thumb, poke and this would be the medium rare softness. Working down the third would be medium and then the pinkie would be well done.