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Hannie’s ‘Perfect’ Steak with Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce

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I love making myself a delicious dinner. It is an act of self-love. I choose the best ingredients, pick out a delicious wine, and treat myself to a meal I don’t always get [but I think about regularly]. For me, a Steak dinner with all the trimmings is the epitome of deliciousness: good quality steak, creamy blue cheese sauce, a buttery baked potato, and some sort of vegetable. Make it for yourself or share it with someone you love but make sure you really love them because after this meal you won’t be able to get rid of them. Shout out to Spruce Eats for additional guidance on the blue cheese sauce.

Ingredients

Steak

  • One good quality Steak [I prefer a ribeye of sorts]
  • 2 TBSP Butter
  • Fresh Rosemary
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, Finely Minced
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Cast Iron Pan

Blue Cheese Sauce

  • 1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
  • 1/3 LBS Blue Cheese, crumbled [Now you can get all sorts of different blue cheeses like Roquefort, Gorgonzola]
  • 1 TSP Worcestershire Sauce
  • Cracked Black Pepper

Let’s Get Cooking

Remove your steak from the fridge, season each side with salt and pepper, and let rest on the counter for 30 minutes.

While the steak is resting, make your blue cheese sauce

In a small saucepan, pour in the heavy cream and simmer on MED-LOW for about 3-5 minutes, continue to stir constantly. Add in half of your blue cheese and stir until the large crumbles have broken down and the sauce has thickened slightly. Add in the Worcestershire sauce and stir until completely mixed. Stir in the rest of the blue cheese + cracked black pepper, turn off the heat, and remove the pan from the heat. Warm to serve.

Once your steak has rested, grab your cast iron and melt your butter on LOW. Before adding in your steak, add in your herbs and minced garlic and allow to saute for 1 minute. Place your steak in the pan and sear on MED-HEAT for 5 minutes [if going for MED-RARE], basting the steak with the butter and herbs. Flip the steak and repeat the same process for 5 minutes. Cook for a longer time if you would like a more well-done steak.

Remove steak from the pan and allow to rest on a cutting board for about 10 minutes.

Serve your steak with the blue cheese sauce and any additional delicious accouterments.

Made with Love,

Hannah

Steak Sandwich

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Truly, is there anything better than a steak sandwich? It makes it 100x better when it’s homemade and used with bread that you made yourself. But it does not even have to be that extra. Most likely you have these ingredients hanging around in your fridge/pantry so why not make it into something beautiful.

Ingredients

  • 2 Slices of your fav bread (sourdough)
  • 1LB Bottom Round Steak
  • Pickles, sliced
  • Mayo, enough to spread on the bread
  • 1 Slice Provolone Cheese
  • 1/4 Cup Onion, sliced
  • 1 TBSP Butter
  • 1 Garlic Clove, diced
  • 1/4 Cup Worcestershire Sauce
  • Salt + Pepper

Let’s Get Cooking

Melt your TBSP of butter into a small pan. Add in the onions and begin to caramelize, this is a long process so if you don’t want to wait just saute them. If you would like to caramelize, let the onions cook in the butter on low for about 30-40 minutes.

While the onions are cooking marinate the steak. Season the steak on both sides with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, add in the Worcestershire sauce + garlic + steak. Let marinade for about 20 minutes.

Heat up about 1/2 TBSP of olive oil in a large pan. Add in the steak and cook about 4 minutes on each side for med-rare. Let the steak cool, then cut against the grain into strips.

Add the steak back into the pan with the heat on low, add on the cheese, and cover with a lid. Add a little extra water to create steam to melt the cheese.

Once the steak is ready, toast your bread and lightly coat one slice with mayo, add on the sliced pickles, steak, then caramelized onions.

Serve with french fries or whatever side you desire.

Made with Love,

Hannah