The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

BÉARNAISE SAUCE Béarnaise is the ultimate creamy accompaniment to steak. Find your tenderloin a bit lacking ...

FOOLPROOF BÉARNAISE MAKES ABOUT 1 CUP 1 cup dry white wine ½ cup white wine vinegar 2 medium shallots, thi ...

heat and continue to heat until the butter just begins to bubble and registers 180° to 190°F on ...

consistency of heavy cream. Season to taste with salt and stir in the chopped tarragon. Transfer to a ...

GRILLED RIB-EYE (or T-BONE, OR PORTERHOUSE, OR STRIP STEAK) FOR TWO Grilled steaks and pan-seared steaks are two comple ...

characteristic smoky, ever-so-slightly acrid (in a good way) flavor. It’s a flavor you simply can’t get fro ...

Step 1: Season Season all sides of the steak well with kosher salt and black pepper at least 45 minute ...

Step 2: Cook over Indirect Heat Build a two-zone indirect fire with at least a full chimney ...

Step 3: Sear Once you’re within 10 degrees of your final serving temperature, transfer the steak to ...

medium-rare, or 140°F and then 138°F for medium. Step 5: Serve After sufficient resting, carve the s ...

PERFECT GRILLED STEAK FOR TWO NOTES: For best results, use a bone-in steak, but a boneless steak ...

taking the temperature with an instant-read thermometer every few minutes until it registers 115°F for ...

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MASTER RECIPE FOR COMPOUND BUTTER MAKES 4 TO 6 OUNCES 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room tempe ...

1 medium clove garlic, minced or grated on a Microplane (about 1 teaspoon) Kosher salt to taste Blue-Cheese B ...

MARINATED Steak FOR THE GRILL OR THE PAN We’ve talked about the expensive, ultra-tender cuts of beef. Now we ...

marinades will not rescue poorly cooked or bland meat. After testing hundreds of marinade variations o ...

than a millimeter or two, and that penetration rate slows down the longer you marinate. ...

The goal with marinating is to maximize contact between the meat and the marinade. To do this, marinat ...

YOU SHOULD KNOW There are dozens of cuts sold in supermarkets as cheap steak options, but here are ...