Ingredients
For the Salisbury Steak:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup chopped onions
1/8 cup milk
1/8 cup heavy cream
1/8 cup beef stock
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme (or ½ teaspoon dry thyme)
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 ounce of white bread, crust trimmed off (1/2 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 pound good-quality 80/20 ground chuck
½ pound good-quality ground sirloin
½ pound good-quality ground pork
For the Mushroom Sauce:
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup chopped onions
1/8 cup milk
1/8 cup heavy cream
1/8 cup beef stock
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme (or ½ teaspoon dry thyme)
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 ounce of white bread, crust trimmed off (1/2 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 pound good-quality 80/20 ground chuck
½ pound good-quality ground sirloin
½ pound good-quality ground pork
For the Mushroom Sauce:
2 cups beef stock
¼ cup heavy cream
Pinch of salt
Few grinds black pepper
½ teaspoon chopped fresh thyme(or half that of dry)
¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
¼ teaspoon Gravy Master
3 ounces butter divided
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup chopped onions
8 ounces mushrooms sliced
2 ounces flour
Directions
- In a medium sauté pan, melt butter in olive oil and cook onions for three minutes over medium heat.
- Remove from heat and add milk, cream, stock, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and the bread.
- Mix to combine letting bread soak up all liquid.
- Once mixture is completely cool, add beaten egg and stir again to dissolve bread and egg into mixture.
- In a large bowl, combine three meats and add onion and bread mixture.
- Gently work mixture with your hands but do not over work the meat.
- Form into five equal sized football shaped patties.
- In a medium sauce pan, heat beef stock, cream, salt, pepper, thyme, Worcestershire sauce and Gravey Master. Hold on medium heat.
- In a large skillet, heat 1 ounce of butter and olive oil over medium high heat.
- Once hot and frothy, add the five patties and cook about five minutes on each side.
- Gently remove to a platter. They will not be fully cooked at this point.
- Add the onions to the pan and cook over same heat for one minute.
- Add the mushrooms and increase heat to almost high.
- Cook for four or five minutes until mushrooms are browned and have absorbed the liquid.
- Remove mushrooms to a bowl and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium and add the remaining two tablespoons of butter. Once melted add flour and cook for four or five minutes until raw flour smell is gone.
- One third at a time add hot stock whisking with each third.
- Add reserved mushrooms and stir with wooden spoon.
- Add Salisbury steaks to sauce, along with any liquid from the platter and then spoon sauce over top of each steak.
- Cover pan and cook on medium low for 15-20 minutes or until a probe thermometer reaches 140 degrees when inserted into the center of one of the steaks.
- Serve steaks with mashed potatoes and spoon mushroom sauce over both.