Octoberfest Beef Steak

Beef... Beer... Happiness. I'll give directions on how to prepare the steak, but truthfully you should just use the method you've perfected so that your steak is cooked the way you like it. If you haven't perfected your own method, consider this one :) Broiling falls short of grilling for flavor, but it's more practical for us makes it easy to monitor the temp.

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 2 bone-in Rib Steaks (Any steak will do, just adjust your cook time)
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 onions, sliced
• 1 cup Octoberfest beer
• 1 cup beef stock
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water

Directions:
1.  Salt your steaks on both sides and rub with a bit of dijon mustard.

2. Mix the Dijon mustard, brown sugar, garlic, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. In a medium pan over medium heat, add the mustard mixture, the beer and beef stock; season with salt and black pepper and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat to low.

 

3. Whisk the corn starch into 2 T cold water and add to the simmering sauce. Continue to stir for 5 minutes or so, until the sauce thickens.




4. Put the steaks in the broiler on high for 5 minutes, remove, then flip and broil for another 5 minutes. Keep checking the steaks every minute after that until they're just slightly undercooked to your liking. Then let the steaks rest on the pan for 5 minutes before serving. They'll finish cooking to perfection and hold onto all of the juices better when you let them rest.

5. Cover steaks with sauce and serve with potatoes and veggies :) 

NOTE: To test the temp of your steak without a meat thermometer, use this trick. Touch your thumb to any one of your fingers and squeeze the thumb-portion of your palm. This corresponds to how a steak should feel at various levels of done-ness (prior to letting the steak rest). This method is a quick reference and can be done in two seconds to decide how well your steak is cooked, as opposed removing your steak from the heat and waiting for a meat thermometer to take a reading or burning your hand while you leave your steak on the heat and hold the meat thermometer...


Medium-Rare: Thumb to first finger
Medium: Thumb to middle finger
Medium-Well: Thumb to ring finger
Well: Thumb to pinky