Description
20 minute skillet steak dish with a quick and easy compound butter topping. Great way to jazz up dinner for date night and Valentine's Day!
Ingredients
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For the Steak
- 2 12 ounce rib eye steaks
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons red wine shallot compound butter, divided
For the Compound Butter
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature (not melted)
- 3 tablespoons fresh shallot, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, roughly minced
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup red wine (I used a Cabernet)
- Fresh ground black pepper, as desired
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
Make the Compound Butter
- In a small pot over medium high heat, bring wine and shallots to a boil. Cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently, until most of the wine has evaporated away. Remove from heat.
- In a food processor, pulse together the cooked shallot mixture with the rest of the ingredients for the compound butter until thoroughly mixed. There will still be chunks of shallot and herbs.
- Place compound butter mixture on a large piece of cling film. Using the cling film, roll the butter into a log shape and twist the ends of the film. Place in the refrigerator and chill until ready to use.
Cook the Steak
- Turn oven on high broil. Place an oven safe skillet in the oven for 10 minutes (I used a cast iron skillet).
- While the pan is heating in the oven, pat the steaks dry with a paper towel. Season evenly with salt and pepper. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Remove the skillet from the oven, add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and place on the stove over medium-high heat. Add steaks and sear 30 seconds to 1 minute per side until you have a nice char.
- Place skillet with steaks in the oven (still on broil). Cook steaks 1 minute per side for rare and 2 minutes per side for medium rare. Remove from heat and let rest for 4-5 minutes.
- Add two tablespoons of the compound butter to the warm skillet and let melt. Add another tablespoon to the top of each steak. Serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes