Whiskey Bacon Steak Glaze

A perfectly cooked steak is hard to beat, and when they are done right, you don't need anything but a little salt and pepper. And while I don't think a good steak really needs anything extra, its sometimes fun to play around with flavors and toppings, am I right? Adding crumbles of blue cheese,  herby compound butters, caramelized onions and the like can't turn a bad steak into a good one, but they can make a good steak pretty dang delicious. Last week Joel took me out to a fancy-shmancy steak place and we had a fantastic dinner! Joel's steak came with this awesome glaze, and I spent the whole evening trying to figure out how I could recreate it at home. And then the very next night, I think I got pretty dang close!

This glaze is an amazing topper to grilled steaks (or even chicken or pork chops!) Whiskey, brown sugar, bacon and sage combine to create an amazing sauce that takes any old steak to top notch level! **NOTE: Do NOT boil this sauce, only gently simmer it! If this sauce gets a rolling boil, it will turn into caramel. Which will be equally delicious, but nearly impossible to chew with steak. Cook this sauce gently! I love when just a few simple ingredients come together to create utter perfection, don't you?