2 INCH STEAK RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat a 10-to-12-inch cast-iron skillet in a 500°F oven. Remove the rib eye out of the refrigerator, bring it to room temperature.
• Once the oven reaches 500°F, remove the skillet out of the oven and place it on the stove over high heat for 5 minutes. Lightly coat steak with oil and season both sides with a large pinch of salt and black pepper.
• Instantly lay the ribeye in the center of the hot skillet. Sear 30 seconds don’t move ribeye. Turn over the steak with tongs and sear an additional 30 seconds, then place the skillet straight forward into the oven for 2 minutes. Turn the ribeye over, cook for an additional 2 more minutes. (If you prefer medium cooked steak, you add a minute to each turn.)
• Place a pat of herb butter on top of ribeye, remove steak out from skillet, cover loosely with foil, and rest for 2 minutes as butter melts.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Pat steaks dry and season both sides with kosher salt.
• Coarsely crush peppercorns in a sealed plastic bag with a meat pounder or bottom of a heavy skillet, then press pepper evenly onto both sides of steaks.
• Heat a 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over moderately high heat until hot, about 3 minutes, then add oil, swirling skillet, and sauté steaks in 2 batches, turning over once, about 6 minutes per batch for medium-rare.
• Transfer steaks as cooked to a heatproof platter and keep warm in oven while making sauce.
• Pour off fat from skillet, then add shallots and half of butter (2 tablespoons) to skillet and cook over moderately low heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until shallots are well-browned all over, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add Cognac (use caution; it may ignite) and boil, stirring, until liquid is reduced to a glaze, 2 to 3 minutes. Add cream and any meat juices accumulated on platter and boil sauce, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cook over low heat, swirling skillet, until butter is incorporated. Serve sauce with steaks.