Strip Steaks au Poivre by Molly Baz

"I recently got a text from my husband … 'I think you should bring back the steak au poivre.' … A week later, this recipe was born and that was that."

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Excerpted with permission from Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach & Recipes to Repeat by Molly Baz.

I recently got a text from my husband, who was having dinner at beloved all-day café/market/dream restaurant Gjusta in Venice, California. He was eating steak au poivre (a French dish of steak drenched in creamy pepper sauce) and just…