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Surf & Turf

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs premium steak New York Strip, Bone in Ribeye, Filet Mignon
  • 1/2 lb jumbo shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 4 tbsps butter salted
  • 1 tbsps oil avocado or high heat oil is better
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 5 cloves of garlic
  • 2 sprig of rosemary

Compound Butter

  • 1 tbsp fresh rosemary chopped fine
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped fine
  • 1 tbsp thyme chopped fine
  • 1 stick butter softened
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cajun seasoning
  • 1 tsp adobo
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Allow steaks to rest at room temperature for 20 minutes. While steaks are resting, make your cajun compound butter.
  • Season steak with salt and pepper. Let it rest.
  • Add 2 tbsp of compound butter to a piping hot pan, preferably a cast iron skillet.
  • Sear Steak for 2 minutes, and flip. Your steak should be be beautifully seared.
  • Add additional 2 tbsp of compound butter, garlic and rosemary, and bask the excess butter over the steak with a spoon. Keep basking continously for 3-5 minutes.
  • *optional step* Remove from pan and finish cooking in the oven at 375 degrees until the level of doneness required. If you prefer a rarer steak, let your steak rests while you cook your shrimp.
  • In the same pan that you cooked the steak, add 2 tbsp of butter and melt
  • Pat your shrimp dry and season with salt, pepper, paprika and cajun seasoning
  • Add shrimp to the pan, and saute for 3-4 minutes or until shrimp is fully cooked
  • Pour shrimp on top of cooked steak, allowing excess juices to top your plate.