Wednesday, May 22, 2013

A Porterhouse With The Dog Because The Daughter Is Gone



              My 16 yr old daughter is in Florida for a week so my dog Woody and I are sharing a porterhouse steak for dinner. I bone out the steak into the filet mignon ( smaller round side of the bone) and NY strip (long side of the bone) portions, season w/ salt and fresh ground black pepper and cook them in a black cast iron pan over medium heat in a little olive oil for about 3 minutes and flip them and cook  2 more minutes. You want the filet side to be rare. Get the filet out of the pan and do the strip an extra minute or so. The strip side is denser and needs a little more cooking time.  The tender filet less.
             The filet will melt like butter in your mouth, the strip has some chew to it.
              First you want to sauté onions and mushrooms w/chopped garlic in the same pan for about a minute, move to the perimeter of the pan, then add the steaks. You can add chopped spinach and  brandy to the pan for the last half minute.
             Serve over artisanal or whole wheat toast. Give only about one quarter to your dog because it is so good and you don't want to spoil him.  

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