Red Wine Pan Sauce
Some time ago after a complaint from a family member that my steak cooking skills sucked. And after some reflection and realising that there was some merit to this criticism, I set myself a goal to get me some steak cooking skills, and as it happened, also some steak saucing skill to go with it.
Ingredients
- 1 Shallot finely chopped
- 1 cup red wine
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Take pan with browned residue from cooking steak
- Fry chopped shallot in olive oil until it starts to go golden and push to one side.
- Add some more oil and flour and make a roux
- Add red wine, scrape (deglaze) the browned meat residue into the mixture
- Add chicken stock
- Reduce sauce until thick consistency
- Add butter for extra glossy finish
- Pour over steak.