Steaks Balmoral

Submitted by swissms

"From BBC Food, James Martin, Castle in the Country."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 aberdeen angus rib eye steaks
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 4 tablespoons Scotch whisky
• 1 teaspoon coarse grain mustard (I use 1 tablespoon)
• 1⁄2 cup beef stock
• 4 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 1 cup double cream
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

directions

1. Pan fry the steaks to desired 'doneness' and keep warm.
2. In a separate pan, melt the butter. Sauté the chopped shallot until soft.
3. Add the whisky to the pan and carefully set it alight.
4. When the flame goes out add the grain mustard, stock and mushrooms.
5. Add the cream and bring to the boil. Simmer gently until the sauce has reduced by half, stirring from time to time.
6. Add the chopped parsley just before serving.
7. Season well. Pour over steaks to serve.

Reviews

[Twiggyann]

This was great! I've been wanting to try this recipe for a long time but the scotch intimidated me since neither my husband nor I like scotch. I wish I hadn't waited so long. The sauce was DELICIOUS. I used Dijon mustard instead of coarse grain mustard. Otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly. (Well sorta exactly, I didn't use the parsley but other than THAT it was exactly heheheh). I served it with broccoli and pan fried potatoes with onions. Will definitely make again and again. Thanks for sharing.

 

[NorthwestGal]

This was fantastic. At first, I thought Scotch would be a gamble since I was making this dish for my whole family (including 2 young kids). But it worked out well as the alcohol taste wasn't over powering but only gave the sauce a subtle boost. (And in the end, neither of my kids wanted the sauce anyway...go figure!) But it was a delightful sauce, which the mustard gave it a very delightful zest. I did cut the parsley to 1/8 cup though (as 1/4 cup seemed to much), and I thought that was perfect. I will definitely make this again. Thank you for sharing your recipe, swissms. Made for "Please Review My Recipe" tag game.

 

[I'mPat]

Well I absolutely loved this over my steak (the DH had his on the side and had a taste with some steak and considered it so so and then smothered his steak in b-b-q sauce I saw red but kept my mouth shut - couldn't believe it) but the DM and the DS enjoyed with their sausages. The only change I would make would to up the mushroom for the quantity of cream and maybe the mustard too. Thank you swissms for a great recipe.

 

[chuckfullopunk]

amazing. the blend of flavors is just simply out of this world.

 

[diner524]

FANTASTIC!!! I made this using a bone in ribeye which I seasoned and then grilled, rather than pan fry. I then made 1/2 of the sauce, but still used a whole shallot and used dijon mustard, as I didn't have a coarse grain and used sliced baby bella mushrooms. Wonderful way to put the plain rib eye steak over the top!!!