Best Beef Fillet With Irish Whiskey And Cream Pan Sauce Recipes

FILET MIGNON WITH WHISKEY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring filets to room temperature.
• On a plate combine the pepper and rosemary.
• Salt both sides of filets, then press one side into pepper mixture to form a crust.
• In a very hot, heavy skillet add a little olive oil (this will keep the butter from burning) and butter (for flavor).
• Sear filets until desired doneness is reached. (About 6 minutes on each side for large filets to reach medium rare.).
• Remove to cutting board to rest for 5 to 10 minutes (this will allow time for the juices to redistribute and stay in the meat instead of on your plate).
• For the sauce, combine broth and pepper. Reduce to half.
• Add whiskey, cream and mustard; reduce to desired amount.
• Remove from heat and swirl in butter. Allow to cool slightly to thicken.
• Serve steaks whole or slice thinly and top with sauce.

STEAKS WITH WHISKEY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Press steaks into a neat shape; cut bread into rounds about the same size as the steaks.
• Heat butter in pan, add mustard, mix well. Brush bread on both sides with mustard butter, place on oven tray, bake in moderate oven 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Heat remaining butter in pan, add steaks, cook until done as desired; remove from pan, keep warm.
• Drain off pan dripings, leaving 1 Tbsp in pan. Add flour and shallot, stir over medium heat a few seconds. Stir in water, stir until sauce boils, add cream, parsley, buillon cube, whiskey and lemon juice. Reduce heat, simmer 2 minutes. Put steaks on bread, serve with sauce over.
• This is best served with new potatoes and green beans.

IRISH STEAKS

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil and butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat until butter has melted. Cook and stir onions in butter and oil until lightly golden brown, about 10 minutes. Push onions aside with a spatula.
• Rub steaks with cut sides of garlic clove.
• Place steaks in the skillet, leaving the onions to the side, and cook over medium-high heat until meat is browned but still lightly pink inside, 2 to 4 minutes per side.
• Remove the skillet from heat. Slowly pour Irish whiskey into the hot skillet (be careful, whiskey fumes are flammable). Mix browned onions into whiskey and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat.
• Sprinkle steaks with salt, black pepper, and parsley; turn steaks over in whiskey pan sauce to coat both sides, and serve drizzled with sauce.

PAN-BROILED STEAK WITH WHISKEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Trim away any excess fat from the steak or steaks.
• Press the crushed peppercorns and garlic onto both sides of the steak and let it stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• Heat a heavy iron skillet over high heat.
• Grease the skillet with a piece of the fat trimmed from the steak.
• Toss in about half the salt.
• Sear the steaks quickly on one side, then lift out; add the remaining salt to the skillet, turn the steak and sear the other side.
• Reduce the heat to moderate and cook the steaks as desired.
• Remove to a warmed platter.
• Make the sauce.
• Pour off fat from the skillet.
• Melt the butter in the skillet over low heat.
• Add the onion and garlic and cook slowly until soft, stirring often.
• Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour over the steak or steaks and serve.

IRISH GAELIC STEAK

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, heat butter and oil.
• Add the steaks and cook 2 - 3 minutes on each side (for rare). Transfer to a warm plate and cover.
• Add garlic, shallot and mushrooms to the pan and cook 2 - 3 minutes until soft, but not browned.
• Stir in the honey and mustard and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the whiskey and stock or broth and cook for 3 - 4 minutes or until reduced in half.
• Whisk in cream and cook 2 - 3 minutes more or until thickened.
• Season with salt and pepper.

STEAK BALMORAL AND WHISKY SAUCE FROM THE WITCHERY BY THE CASTLE

Steps:

• Heat a skillet or frying pan over medium heat, then add the butter and green peppercorns and cook until the peppercorns release their aroma, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add the steaks to the pan and cook to taste, then remove them and keep them warm.
• Add the whisky to the buttery steak juices in the pan and carefully set it alight, flambe it until the flames die down; then add the honey (if using), cream, stock and mushrooms and bring to a boil, reducing the heat to a gentle simmer.
• Simmer gently until the sauce has reduced by half, stirring from time to time to ensure that the mushrooms do not stick. Add the mustard, stirring well and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Serve the steaks with the sauce poured over the top and a selection of seasonal greens or a salad with chips (French fries) or a baked jacket potato.
• NB: The honey is optional, it adds a mellow flavour to the sauce if you feel the whisky makes the sauce a little too bitter - it does not add a vast amount of sweetness, so you can add it as an option.