The best way to make s steak. Courtesy of Ina Garten. I adjusted slightly.
Ingredients:
2 filet mignons
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoons fleur de sel ( I thought this was too salty, I used Kosher salt)
cracked pepper
2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Heat a large cast iron skillet over high heat until very hot, about 5-7 minutes
- Pat the steaks dry and brush lightly with oil, rub them with salt and pepper
- When the skillet is ready add the steaks and sear them evenly on all sides for 2 minutes per side, for a total of 10 minutes
- Top each steak with butter and place skillet in the oven
- Cook steaks until they reach 120 degrees for rare, or 125 for medium rare. NOTE: steaks continue to cook outside of the oven,
- Cover tightly with foil for 10 minutes
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