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Cast Iron Grilled Steak with Blue Cheese Butter

Source of Recipe

From "The Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook"


List of Ingredients

Blue Cheese Butter:
◦  ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
◦  1 (4-ounce) package crumbled blue cheese
◦  1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
◦  Pinch of salt
◦  A few grinds of black pepper

Steaks:
◦  2 (1-inch-thick) beef strip steaks
◦  1 tsp vegetable oil
◦  Salt and freshly ground black pepper


Recipe

Cream the butter in a small bowl, then add the blue cheese, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper and beat until smooth. Using a 12-inch piece of plastic wrap, spoon out the butter mixture and roll it up like a log, twisting the ends. Freeze the butter until firm or for up to 1 month.

Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Bring the steaks to room temperature. Heat a cast iron grill pan over high heat until smoking hot. Carefully brush the pan with the oil.

Season the steaks on both sides with salt and pepper to taste. Carefully place the steaks on the hot grill pan and grill 2 minutes per side. Transfer the grill pan to the oven and bake for 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let the steaks stand 5 minutes.

Serve with a pat of Blue Cheese Butter on each steak.


Serves 2