Craig Claiborne

Steak au poivre

Preparation info

  • 4 to 8

    Servings.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Feast Made for Laughter
A Feast Made for Laughter

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1982

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Ingredients

  • 4 (1-pound) boneless sirloin steaks, each about 1 inch thick
  • ¼ to ⅓ cup

Method

  1. Trim steaks of all but ¼-inch rim of fat.
  2. Crush the peppercorns with mortar and pestle or crush them on a flat surface with the bottom of a heavy skillet. The peppercorns must not be too fine. Dip steaks, one at a time and on both sides, into crushed peppercorns. Press pe