Ingredients:
- 4 slices bacon, chopped into 1-inch pieces
- Salt
- 1 pound spaghetti
- 4 (8-ounce) NY strip steaks
- Ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
- 5 tablespoons butter, divided
- 4 cloves garlic, minced, divided
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup cream or half-and-half, eyeball it
- 8 ounces blue cheese crumbles
- 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped sage leaves
- 2 tablespoons chives, chopped, a palm full
- 2 cups arugula, a small bunch, cleaned, trimmed and shredded
Instructions:
- Put a large pot of water on the stove to bring to a boil for pasta.
- Preheat broiler to high with rack on top shelf.
- Preheat medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped bacon and cook until crisp.
- Salt water for pasta and add spaghetti to the pot. Cook to al dente, with a bite to it.
- Season the steaks with salt and pepper on both sides and arrange on slotted broiler pan.
- Remove bacon to paper towel lined plate with a slotted spoon and drain off most of the fat, return pan to heat and reduce heat to medium. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan and 1 tablespoon butter. When butter melts into extra-virgin olive oil, add in 2 cloves garlic and the shallots, saute for 3 minutes.
- Arrange steaks on the broiler pan. Place under broiler – leave door to oven cracked ajar to limit flare ups and smoke. Cook 4 minutes on each side for medium rare, up to 5 to 6 minutes on each side for medium well doneness.
- To the garlic and shallots, add in flour and cook a minute more. Whisk in stock, bring to a bubble, about 30 seconds then stir in the cream. When cream comes to a bubble, add in blue cheese and sage and a few grinds of black pepper. Stir until cheese melts. Reduce heat to lowest setting.
- Soften 4 tablespoons butter in microwave on high for 15 seconds. Mix in chives and 2 cloves minced garlic and reserve.
- Remove steaks from oven and let rest 5 minutes. Place 1/4 of the chive and garlic butter mixture on each steak to melt down over the meat as they rest.
- Drain pasta and toss with sauce to coat and combine evenly. Taste to adjust seasoning.
- Serve steaks with pasta alongside. Scatter the arugula and bacon bits across the top of the pasta.
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