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Season the steak and place on a cast-iron pan, cook on both sides until medium rare.
The Secrets of Sauces: Pepper Sauce
How do you like your steak? If, like chef Mark Moriarty, you like yours topped with a rich pepper sauce, heady with cognac and cream, here's the perfect recipe.
15 December, 2021
serves for
4
ingredients
Beef steak
1x 400g well-aged ribeye steak
Black pepper
2 tbsp cracked black pepper
Cognac
200ml cognac
Cream
400ml
Crème fraîche
1 tbsp. crème fraiche
Lemon juice
Watch and learn as Moriarty makes the perfect punchy pepper sauce in the video and see the step-by-step recipe below:
Step 01
Step 02
Remove the steak and allow it to rest on a plate.
Step 03
Add the peppercorns to the pan and caramelise, then add the cognac and allow it to flambé.
Step 04
Now add the cream and allow to reduce to sauce consistency. Finish with the resting juices from the steak, crème fraîche and some lemon juice.
Step 05
Add the steak back into the sauce and glaze.
Mark Moriarty
Mark Moriarty is an Irish chef whose star has been on the rise since very early in his career, winning the Euro-Toques Irish Young Chef of the Year in 2