Blow Torch Steak with Bourbon Mushroom Sauce

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2007

Show: Paula's PartyEpisode: Risky Business Party

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (8)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
13 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: 2 hr 0 min
Cook: 13 min
Total:: 2 hr 18 min

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Ingredients

1 (2-inch) thick, boneless rib-eye steak
1 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons butter, divided
1 cup sliced onions
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup bourbon
1/2 cup beef broth
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons heavy cream

Directions

Take the steak out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature 2 hours before cooking.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Heat a heavy bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Rub 1 tablespoon vegetable oil all over the steak and season it with salt and pepper on both sides. Place the steak in the preheated skillet to sear on one side. Sear the face-up side with a blowtorch simultaneously. When both sides of the steak are browned, transfer the skillet into the preheated oven to finish cooking.

Cook the steak until it reaches an internal temperature of 140 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer for medium-rare. Remove the skillet from the oven and transfer the steak to a plate to rest while you make the sauce.

Place the skillet over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add the onions and mushrooms and saute until all the water released from the mushrooms has evaporated. Pour in the bourbon and beef broth and cook until the liquid has reduced by half. Turn off the heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Swirl the butter around in the skillet until it melts and then quickly stir in the cream. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. Slice the steak across the grain and pour the hot bourbon sauce over it and serve.

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recipe Blow Torch Steak with Bourbon Mushroom Sauce
C NY, NY 06-21-2009
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To Tim
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Just watched the show earlier. The flour should be added to the mushrooms and onions before adding the other ingredients to... make the sauce.Read more
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Tim Ann Arbor, MI 05-06-2009
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Hmmm...
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Every poster acknowledges that the timing for the flour is missing, but no one suggests when to add it. I added it with the... butter at the end, and only used 2 tbs of flour with the 2 tbs of butter--making a classic roux. That seemed just right. Any more flour would create a nasty paste, and adding the flour any earlier would just overcook the flour. It's not rocket science--just cooking, and thinking about what makes sense. The recipe would probably be a disaster if you followed it blindly. I try to read a recipe and visualize it as if I were cooking it--that helps avoid problems like the mistake(s) in this recipe.Read more
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Jan Cincinnati, OH 05-01-2009
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Unfortunately, awful.
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Paula rarely disappoints, but in this case, I think lack of proofreading of the recipe is a huge issue. As the previous... reviewers pointed out, the recipe lists 1/2 cup of flour in the ingredients, but never directs where the flour comes in during the cooking. I am an experienced cook, and although 1/2 cup of flour sounded excessive for a sauce, I added it to the sauce. The result was a flavorless, disgusting papier-mache mix. I bravely tried to taste it, and ended up gagging and spitting it into the sink. My suspicion is that flour is not needed in this recipe at all, and I may try it again without that ingredient. As it stands, however, this was just a huge waste of good and expensive ingredients for me.Read more
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KIMBERLY HOUSTON, TX 01-01-2009
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What about the flour?
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Other than I didn't know where to use the flour, if at all - this was a great recipe! I made this for an intimate New Years... Eve dinner - poured over grilled filets. YUM! Read more
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Gayle Cape Girardeau, MO 11-15-2008
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Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I really am a novice cook. I will review the recipe when I've tried cooking it. I'm cooking it tonight and I too was... wondering when or where to add the flour! I thought maybe it was suppose to be on the steak when I "seared" it but after reading a review I'm thinking it's suppose to be in the sauce. I will add it to the sauce now. Hope that's right. And I thought there was somewhere Cream cheese was in it? It's not listed in the ingredients in the recipe but it's listed in the introduction. Oh well, here goes.Read more
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Anonymous 05-12-2008
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Did I miss something
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I loved the recipe... used a tenderloin and made the sauce ....was excellent but was never told when to add the flour... a... novice cook might be confused....Read more