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Steak au Poivre

Name: Steak au Poivre
Total time: 59 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 boneless tenderloin or strip steaks, 2 cm thick (about 180 g each), trimmed of fat and gristle; 4 tsp whole peppercorns, mixed colours if possible (or 1 tbsp cracked pepper); 1 tbsp neutral oil, for rubbing; 1 tbsp neutral oil, for searing; 30 g unsalted butter, for searing; 2 tbsp shallots or spring onions, minced; 120 ml dry white vermouth; 1 tsp cornstarch; 60 ml beef bouillon; 30 g unsalted butter, cold, diced; 120 ml cognac

Tender steaks pressed with crushed mixed peppercorns, rested so the pepper perfumes the meat, pan-seared in butter and oil and sauced with a quick shallot and vermouth pan reduction, flambéed with cognac if you like.

Yield4 servings
Hands-on29 min
Total59 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Steaks

4boneless tenderloin or strip steaks, 2 cm thick (about 180 g each), trimmed of fat and gristle
4 tspwhole peppercorns, mixed colours if possible (or 1 tbsp cracked pepper)
1 tbspneutral oil, for rubbing
1 tbspneutral oil, for searing
30 gunsalted butter, for searing

Sauce

2 tbspshallots or spring onions, minced
120 mldry white vermouth
1 tspcornstarch
60 mlbeef bouillon
30 gunsalted butter, cold, diced

Flambé

120 mlcognacoptional

Contains

Dairy
Celery
Sulfites
Corn (maize)
Grapes
Onion family (any)
Onion
Shallot
Cabbage family (any)
Carrot
Black and white pepper
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Gelatin
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Heat
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Stovetop
Mortar and pestle
Probe thermometer

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: high
Carbs: low
Fat: high
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: high

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Method

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