Pepper Steak for Two

Submitted by Dreamer in Ontario

"This recipe was adopted from an old cookbook called Cooking for Two by Sue Russell. I love the flavour of this very quick and simple to prepare steak. I highly recommend that you use whole peppercorns that you crack yourself."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 rib eye steaks, cut 1-inch thick (1/4 lb to 1/2 lb each)
• 3 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• 2 ounces butter (1/4 cup or 1/2 stick)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons brandy
• 1 teaspoon butter

directions

1. Place peppercorns in a ziplock bag and crush coarsely with a rolling. Alternatively, you may use a mortar and pestle but you may have the pepper escaping as it's crushed.
2. Press cracked pepper into both sides of steaks.
3. In a heavy-based frying pan, heat butter and oil and cook steaks to desired doneness, turning once. (Medium-rare takes about 8 to 11 minutes, Medium takes about 12 to 14 minutes).
4. Remove from pan and keep hot.
5. Stir brandy into the pan juices and bring to a boil, scraping the sediment from pan.
6. Remove from heat and add extra butter.
7. Pour this sauce over the steaks and serve immediately.

Reviews

[breezermom]

Delicious! Used my old cast iron skillet for this and the meat was very tender and moist. Loved the yummy sauce. Thanks for sharing! Made for ZWT8.

 

[Crafty Lady 13]

Pepper lovers unite! If you love pepper, then this recipe is for you. So quick and easy to make. I loved the bite of pepper in this steak. The sauce is subtle and also delicious. I used a 1-inch thick strip steak, and it turned out tender, juicy and a perfect medium-rare. This is going straight into my keeper file. Thanks for another terrific recipe, Dreamer. :) Made for Fall 2009 Photo Tag.