Steak Marsala
This is The Duck Whisperer’s all-time favorite steak recipe. He had it for the first time at Carraba’s Italian Bar and Grill (for a chain restaurant they have very good food).
Anyway, so since he loves it so much, a few years ago I decided I should try to make it.
It worked beautifully and it’s a pretty easy sauce to make.
The great thing about it is the sauce translate extremely well to chicken. So obviously I will be posting how I do that as well.
The funny thing about this, is Jeremiah usually does not like any kind of sauce or topping on his steak.
But this he loves.
Steak Marsala
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Recipe By: Megan
Recipe type: Main
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 steaks of your choosing (we like rib-eye but for a cheaper version petite sirloin works wonderfully)
- ½ stick butter, softened
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
FOR THE SAUCE - 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1 pound crimini mushrooms, sliced
- 1½ tablespoons rubbed sage
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup marsala
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ½ stick cold butter
Preparation Instructions
- Set the steaks out so they are not super cold, they really cook up nicer and the butter sticks to them at room temperature.
- You are going to want to make the sauce first since it takes longer than the steaks. So, heat a medium saute pan over medium heat.
- Add the water, shallots, mushrooms and sage, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until the mushrooms just start to soften and release their juices, about 3-4 minutes
- Pour in the marsala and heavy cream. Simmer until thickened about 10-15 minutes (if you are at sea level, 10 should do it. But those of you at high altitude will need more like 15). Remove from heat and allow to cool a couple minutes (this is when I like to sear the steaks).
- Heat a large skillet, griddle or your grill (I love cast iron for this because you can just heat it without putting anything on it) to medium-high-high heat (I think medium-high is a touch low but high is a touch hot so I go right in between the two).
- Right before searing the steaks, sprinkle them with salt and pepper and smear a very generous amount of butter on one side.
- Once your pan or grill is hot enough, add the steaks. I usually cook ours on the rare to medium rare side of things so I cook a 1inch steak for about 3.5 to 4 minutes and then flip and cook another 3.5 to 4 minutes. Hereis a handy, dandy chart for grilling times if you need it.
- Once the steaks are cooked to your liking, set them on a serving platter to rest and finish the sauce.
- Simply add the butter to the sauce and stir until melted.
- To serve, plate the steaks and top with a generous amount of the marsala sauce - it's really great on mashed potatoes as well.
Sauce recipe adapted from http://marthastewart.com
is a self taught home cook who enjoys cooking healthy and simple foods and delectable desserts for her husband and kids and the frequent last-minute dinner guests her husband shows up with.
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