Pan Fried Porterhouse with Mushrooms

How to make Pan Fried Porterhouse with Mushrooms Recipe - When Mark Twain toured Europe in 1878, he complained bitterly about the food. One of the favorites marked on his list of foods to be ready and hot when he arrived at home was a porterhouse steak, pan-fried, with mushrooms.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 teaspoon dried leaf tarragon
3/4 cup whipping cream
1 (1-1/2-inch-thick) porterhouse steak (about 2 pounds)
1 tablespoon butter
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method:
In a skillet or frying pan, heat 1/2 cup butter. Add mushrooms. Saute over medium heat 5 minutes.

Add tarragon and cream. Simmer over low heat until sauce has thickened slightly.

Score fat on steak so it will not curl during cooking.

Place 1 tablespoon butter and steak in another heavy skillet. Cook steak over high heat 5 minutes on each side for rare meat. Or, cook longer according to your taste.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve with creamed mushrooms.

Makes 2 to 3 servings.