Steak au poivre Steak au poivre Steak au poivre (, Quebec French pronunciation : ) or pepper steak is a French dish that consists of a steak, traditionally a filet mignon, coated with coarsely cracked peppercorns and then cooked. The peppercorns form a crust on the steak when cooked and provide a pungent but complementary counterpoint to the rich flavor of the high-quality beef. The peppercorn crust itself is made by placing the steak in a bed of cracked black (or mixed) peppercorns. Typically, the steak is seared in a hot skillet with a small amount of butter and oil. The steak is
Café de Paris sauce butter is shaped into a roll using aluminium foil and chilled. When the dish is served, a piece of the butter is sliced off and allowed to melt on the hot meat. Café de Paris sauce Café de Paris sauce is a complex butter-based sauce served with grilled beef. When it is served with the sliced portion of an "entrecôte" (in American English: a rib eye steak) or a "faux-filet" (in English: a sirloin steak) the resulting dish is known as ""entrecôte" Café de Paris". The sauce was first popularised in the 1940s by the Café de Paris restaurant in