VARIATION 1: Butter-Basted Rib-Eye Steak

Name: VARIATION 1: Butter-Basted Rib-Eye Steak
Yield: Serves 2 to 3
Ingredients: 1 (450 g), rib-eye steak, about 1½ inches thick; 6 g, kosher salt; 42 g, vegetable oil; , pepper; 56 g, unsalted butter; 30 g, shallot (1 large shallot), peeled and quartered lengthwise (root end attached); 10 g, garlic (2 cloves), peeled; 3 g, fresh thyme sprigs (5 sprigs)