Coffee-rubbed rib-eye steak with a buttermilk-gorgonzola cheese sauce

• Serves: 4
• Difficulty: medium
• Prep time:
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Ingredients

For the coffee rub

50 g                             finely ground dark roast coffee

80 ml                           chilli powder

80 ml                           smoked paprika

40 ml                           brown sugar

30 ml                           garlic powder

15 ml                           ground cumin

15 ml                           cayenne pepper

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

For the buttermilk cream sauce

500 ml                         cream

60 ml                           buttermilk

150 g                           Gorgonzola

Method

1. Mix all the rub ingredients in a bowl. Rub the rib eye steaks in it and set aside.
2. To make the sauce, heat the cream in a saucepan. Add the buttermilk and cheese and let it melt. Season with salt.
3. Rub olive oil on the rib eye steaks. Braai on a medium-to-high heat for 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter, rest for 10 minute before cutting and serve with the hot sauce.