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This is the only steak dish that you purposefully set on fire.

Woo!

And that's not even the best part.

Steak au poivre means steak with pepper, which means that we have two important choices.

A great steak and great pepper.

In front of me are the two most popular choices, the most classic being the filet mignon.

The French like to use this because it's a mild and tender cut that acts for a blank canvas for that pepper, which is really the star of the show in this dish.

Modern chefs, however, like the New York strip.

It's got a beefier flavor, a more tender chew, and all that fat there helps to really balance everything out.

Some people even use a ribeye, although I don't think that's the right choice because it's too heavy of a steak.

It wants to be the main character, and it doesn't work well with the pepper.

So that leaves us with our very own choice to make, and for a dish where pepper should be the star, I'm going to go with the classic filet mignon.

While our steak comes to temp, let's talk about the peppercorns.

We're using four different types.

Classic black for the heat, white for the earthiness, pink for their floral and fruity flavor.

Fun fact, these aren't even real peppercorns.

They're actually from the cashew family.

And green for their briny, spicy bursts of flavor.

The first step is to wake up the peppercorns by adding them to a pan over medium heat, but only the black, white, and pink for now.

These green peppercorns are baby black peppercorns.

They're picked off the tree when they're really young and then brined almost like an olive, so you can just eat them like a caper.

But we don't toast them because they're used at the end for a finishing peppercorn.

We're toasting these peppercorns to really unlock their flavor.

You'll start to smell them across the whole room.

And once you begin to hear a really light crackling and popping sound, pour them immediately off into a mortar.

And I'm not going to pour them all just yet.

You'll see why in just a moment.

While I realize not all of you might have a mortar and pestle at home, it's great here because it gives you control over the grind size of those peppercorns.

Whereas if you use a blender, you risk blending it all up into one fine powder.

Remember, we already got different flavors using that balance of the three different peppercorns, so now we want different shapes and sizes of them to make the dish more exciting when we eat it.

You can see we're already getting some differences in textures here, but now I'm going to add back the rest of my peppercorns.

We can keep grinding a bit more, leaving us with a variety of different shapes and sizes of these peppercorns.

This gives me a whole new appreciation for pepper, knowing what pepper can actually smell like when you take it seriously.

To prepare our steak, we'll pour most of our crushed peppercorns onto a tray, leaving just a few behind for later, then add a few generous sprinkles of salt,

and then we'll press down our steak to get a nice even crust on either side.

Remember, we're not seasoning this steak with pepper.

The pepper is the dish.

This is a rare situation where the steak is really just the sidekick.

Now, into a pan, we're going to add some high smoke point oil.

I tend to use more oil than most people.

I love a good thick crust.

Then we'll crank up the heat.

Once our oil begins to shimmer, we'll add in our steak.

I'll press it down to make sure it gets full even contact with the pan, then turn the heat down just a bit so we don't burn those peppercorns.

We've got to strike this perfect balance between making sure we get

that beautiful golden brown crust while also not burning the peppercorns.

And I'm keeping a mental timer right now to know how long I've cooked on this side.

I want to get the exact amount of time on the other side as well.

Once we've got a nice crust on the first side, we'll go for a flip.

Love seeing the different textures of peppercorn on top.

And once we've got a nice crust on both sides, we'll pick it up and begin rolling it around in that oil to make sure we get all the edges as well.

To finish, since your steak probably won't be cooked fully through just yet, shift it off to the side, then add some butter and give our steak a good old classic butter bath.

Butter basting is one of my favorite things to do in all of cooking.

In addition to looking really cool, it actually has a very important purpose, which is to give the steak flavor while cooking it the rest of the way through.

Once that steak is done, set it off to the side to rest and don't forget to give it one last drizzle of that butter, but save some because we need this for the sauce.

To make the sauce, we'll add in a pinch of our crushed peppercorns, then some of our green peppercorns.

Stand back when you add those in because they have water in them, so they might pop a little bit.

Then in go our shallots and garlic.

I'm over about medium heat right now.

And once those are softened and start to smell fragrant, I'll add in a splash of brandy and flambe.

Now immediately we want to add in our stock.

We don't want anything to burn here.

I'll turn the heat up all the way just to speed things along.

Now that we have liquid in, we don't run the risk of burning anything.

And let this go for a few minutes until it reduces down to something like this.

Next in goes our cream.

Let this reduce down until it becomes thick and glossy.

Watch your heat carefully here to make sure it doesn't boil over onto your stove.

I'm making this sauce as fast as I possibly can so it's ready once our steak is rested.

Once it creates a bubbly webbed pattern on the edges of your pan as you stir it, turn off the heat immediately.

Another simple test to know it's done is when it coats the back of a spoon.

If you taste it now, it's unbelievable, but we need something to balance out all that richness, all that fat.

So adding just a touch of sherry vinegar will cut through that fat, giving you just enough sharpness to perfectly balance that sauce.

Wow, now that's a sauce.

I can't forget the resting juices, the finishing touch, all that juice that your steak let go.

Add that back in.

Now we have a sauce.

For plating, we'll take our peppercorn sauce and spread it onto the bottom.

Then on goes our steak.

And finally, some shoestring fries.

The perfect partner to steak au poivre.

With how easy that was, I can't believe it looks this good.

Quick temp check.

We nailed it.

Got to make sure we get a bite with a little bit of everything.

You get all this heat in the crust from the steak, but then that whole fire gets put out right away by that cream.

And I can't believe that the steak really does act as a blank canvas.

It's all about that peppercorn sauce, no question.

I'm just left a little confused with this dish

because normally you have to cook a lot longer to get something that tastes that good.

It's a restaurant quality dish in only 20 minutes.

I'm sorry, Pepper.

I never appreciated you until making this dish, but now I love you.

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為什麼用這個影片練習口語？

影片中關於法式牛排的製作講解，充滿了生動的動作描述和細節分享，非常適合作為雅思口語練習或英語口語練習的素材。其語言風格自然流暢，涵蓋了食材選擇、烹飪步驟等實用場景，能幫助學習者掌握描述過程、表達偏好的口語技巧。通過模仿影片中的語調、節奏，還能提升口語的連貫性和感染力，是shadowspeak（影子跟讀）的優質素材。

語境中的語法與表達

“This is the only steak dish that you purposefully set on fire.” 中，定語從句“that you purposefully set on fire”修飾先行詞“dish”，清晰表達特定屬性，適合用於描述事物特徵。
“The French like to use this because it's a mild and tender cut...” 中，“because”引導原因狀語從句，簡潔說明選擇理由，是口語中表達因果關係的常用結構。
“Whereas if you use a blender, you risk blending it all up into one fine powder.” 中，“whereas”用於對比兩種方法的差異，“risk doing sth”表示“冒險做某事”，可用於討論不同選擇的後果。

常見發音陷阱

影片中部分單詞的發音需特別注意：“filet mignon”（菲力牛排）的正確發音為/ˌfiːleɪ ˈmiːnjɒ̃/，避免誤讀為“filet minion”；“peppercorns”（胡椒粒）的重音在第一個音節，不要讀成“pepperCORNS”；“brined”（醃製）的發音為/braɪnd/，注意母音的發音長度。練習時可通過shadow speech反覆跟讀，糾正發音細節。

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	won't be cooked · are softened · is rested
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	pepper, which means · pepper, which is · purpose, which is

什麼是跟讀法？

跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。

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為什麼用這個影片練習口語？

語境中的語法與表達

常見發音陷阱

影片中的語法

什麼是跟讀法？