Catch ’em & Cook ’em: Carpetbag Steak
Ingredients:
6 (8 oz) steaks (fillets or top sirloin 2 inches thick)
1/2 stick butter
10 oz raw oysters
Salt and pepper
Worcestershire sauce
How to:
1. Melt butter in large skillet.
2. Add oysters and cook over moderate heat until plump and firm.
3. Remove oysters with a slotted spoon and set aside.
4. Raise heat and reduce pan juices until only butter and browned bits remain. Set aside.
5. Sprinkle raw steak with pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
6. Cut a horizontal slit in steak and make a pocket.
7. Spoon oysters and pan juices into slit and close with toothpicks and lace with butchers twine to hold oysters in.
8. Broil or grill steaks, brushing occasionally with remaining oyster butter.
9. Cook to desired doneness.
Serves 6
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