New York Strip Steak with Goat Cheese Walnut Butter - garlic

Method

• First lets make the butter.
• To make garlic paste you can do 1 of 2 things (youll need about 1 teaspoon of garlic paste): Take two garlic cloves and grated them over a microplane.
• This will make it tiny, shredded and paste-like; OR Take two garlic cloves and mince them finely.
• Then use a sprinkle of kosher salt and the back of your knife to crush it into a paste.
• I wont judge you on what you choose to do, but let me just say that the microplane thing is easier.
• Set the garlic paste aside.
• Using a fork mash together the butter and goat cheese.
• Mash in the garlic paste.
• Chop the walnuts and stir them into the mixture.
• Refrigerate while you make the steaks and whatever sides you like.
• For the steaks its simple: when you have a great cut of meat you dont need to add a ton of other flavors.
• Preheat your oven to 400 F. Season both sides of each steak liberally with kosher salt and black pepper.
• In a skillet (cast iron preferably) heat a tiny bit of oil over medium-high heat.
• You want the pan to get crazy hot, so maybe start this while you make the butter.
• Take each steak and, one or two at a time, sear them in the hot, hot skillet for about 3 minutes per side until its golden and caramelized.
• Repeat with the remaining steaks if you had to do this in batches.
• If you have a large enough cast iron skillet to fit all 4 steaks into, you can just transfer the steaks to the oven in that.
• If not, transfer the steaks to a baking sheet and continue roasting at 400 F for 5-10 more minutes until you reach the desired level of doneness.
• Let them rest for about 5 minutes, and then serve hot with dollops of the butter on top.