How to Cook Steak

How to Cook Steak

Today, we shall learn to cook a steak inside. We shall make it with butter. And wine. And butter.

How to Cook Steak

Makes four servings.

Preheat oven to 425°F.

• 4 filet mignon steaks
• Sea salt
• Coarse ground pepper
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 cups dry red wine (or beef broth)
• 4 fresh mushrooms, sliced

Remove the steaks from the refrigerator, pat dry with a clean paper towel, sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Set the steaks aside on a plate for about an hour so they come to room temperature. This will help ensure they cook evenly.

Heat a medium-sized, oven-safe frying pan on medium-high. Drizzle the olive oil into the pan. Once hot, place the steaks into the pan. 

Brown the steaks on both sides.

Place a couple of tablespoons of butter on top of each steak. Place the pans with the steaks into the oven. Allow the steaks to cook for about 6 minutes or until it is cooked to your liking. I recommend not going hotter than 140°F to prevent a dry steak. 

The best way to know if your steak is to your liking is to measure the temperature with a meat thermometer in the middle of the steak not touching the bone or fat before removing it from the oven. Remember, the temperature will continue to climb about 5 degrees while they rest. so, if you’d like your steak to be medium at 145°F, remove it from the oven when it reaches 140°F, and let it rest

Done Temperatures

• Rare 125°F
• Medium rare 135°F
• Medium 145°F
• Medium well 150°F
• Well done 160°F

Place steaks on a clean plate & set them aside to allow to rest 5-7 minutes before eating. This is a great time to make your red wine reduction.

Carefully place the frying pan with all its buttery goodness and meat juices back onto a burner over medium heat. Add garlic to the pan. Whisk in red wine (or broth) to make a nice sauce. 

If you like mushrooms, a few mushrooms are delicious too. Pour any juices that have run off your steaks in the pan too. Add salt & pepper to your liking. Allow the sauce to simmer until it reduces to about half the amount you started with. Taste test to make sure your sauce is heavenly. It’s a tough job; but, someone needs to do it.

Pour the sauce over the steaks or serve on the side.