Sunday Breakfast at Mariah's - Today is boat day and one of the girls who is a regular at my Sunday breakfasts is out of town so it was only 4 of us this morning. I bought a 29 ounce prime new york strip yesterday for the occasion.
I made a rub that was ridiculous out of equal parts coffee, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt, cayenne, black pepper and cumin. I put it in the Cuisinart and blended it and made it powdery. I rubbed it into each side of the steak and let it sit on the counter for an hour to break down the fibers in the meat.
I seared the steak on each side in my cast iron skillet that was REALLY hot then put it on a rack in the convection oven at 550 for 8 minutes. On the rack with the steak I put a couple of sweet peppers that I have fallen in love with lately.
While that was resting waiting to be carved up I cut 2 baked potatoes in half. I also had made some compound butter yesterday with sweet cream unsalted butter, garlic and parsley.
I sliced the steak in thin strips and plated it with a slice of compound butter on top as well as on the potato. I tossed some parsley on it all and the sweet peppers were on the side. Simply outstanding. The coffee in the rub took it to another level and the thickness of the steak was perfect at medium rare in the center and medium on the ends. I topped the steak with a fried duck egg. SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!
