Strip Loin Steaks with Espresso Whiskey Sauce
Tender, juicy, Angus steaks drizzled with a palate-awakening, espresso- and whiskey-spiked sauce. Try serving the steaks with green beans or asparagus and the stuffed baked potatoes sold in our Deli Department.
Recipe - Qualicum
Strip Loin Steaks with Espresso Whiskey Sauce
Prep Time10 Minutes
Servings4
Cook Time22 Minutes
Ingredients
3/4 cup espresso (see Note and Options)
1/4 cup Canadian or other whiskey, such as bourbon
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup ketchup
2 Tbsp rice vinegar or cider vinegar
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 strip loin steaks
1 Tbsp olive oil
Directions
- Combine espresso, whiskey, sugar, ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce in a small pot, set over medium-high heat and bring to a gently simmer. Lower heat as needed to maintain that gentle simmer. Simmer mixture until lightly thickened and reduced to about 3/4 cup. Remove this espresso whiskey sauce from the heat, cover and set it aside for now.
- Heat your barbecue or indoor grill to medium-high (see Options). Pat steaks dry with paper towel. Brush steaks lightly with the olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Grill steaks to the desired doneness, allowing about 2 to 3 minutes per side for rare, and 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium-rare to medium.
- When steaks are almost ready, set the sauce back over the heat to warm up again. When steaks are ready, plate them, drizzle each one with a heaping tablespoon or so of the sauce, and serve.
Note: If you don’t have an espresso maker in your home, buy and use the instant espresso powder sold in our coffee aisle to make the espresso needed here.
Options: Instead of espresso, use 3/4-cup strongly brewed coffee in the sauce. If you don’t have a barbecue or grill pan, pan sear the steaks in hot oil in a large skillet to the desired doneness.
10 minutes
Prep Time
22 minutes
Cook Time
4
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Nescafe - Gold Espresso Instant, Orginal, 100 Gram
$9.99$9.99/100g
Not Available
Rogers - Dark Brown Sugar, 1kg, 1 Kilogram
$4.39$0.44/100g
Western Family - Tomato Ketchup, 1 Litre
$4.49$0.45/100ml
Marukan - Rice Vinegar, 355 Millilitre
$5.19$1.46/100ml
Western Family - Worcestershire Sauce, 284 Millilitre
$4.39$1.55/100ml
Kikkoman - Soy Sauce, 148 Millilitre
$5.69$3.84/100ml
Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram
$6.49$4.19/100g
Steak - Aus BF Grass Fed Striploin Steak SP, 1 Pound
$12.99/lb was $13.49/lb$2.86/100g
Western Family - Pure Olive Oil, 250 Millilitre
$8.99$3.60/100ml
Directions
- Combine espresso, whiskey, sugar, ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce in a small pot, set over medium-high heat and bring to a gently simmer. Lower heat as needed to maintain that gentle simmer. Simmer mixture until lightly thickened and reduced to about 3/4 cup. Remove this espresso whiskey sauce from the heat, cover and set it aside for now.
- Heat your barbecue or indoor grill to medium-high (see Options). Pat steaks dry with paper towel. Brush steaks lightly with the olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Grill steaks to the desired doneness, allowing about 2 to 3 minutes per side for rare, and 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium-rare to medium.
- When steaks are almost ready, set the sauce back over the heat to warm up again. When steaks are ready, plate them, drizzle each one with a heaping tablespoon or so of the sauce, and serve.
Note: If you don’t have an espresso maker in your home, buy and use the instant espresso powder sold in our coffee aisle to make the espresso needed here.
Options: Instead of espresso, use 3/4-cup strongly brewed coffee in the sauce. If you don’t have a barbecue or grill pan, pan sear the steaks in hot oil in a large skillet to the desired doneness.