Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce

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Red wine pan sauce is an amalgamation of fond (those browned bits left in the pan after searing meat), shallots, broth, good-quality red wine, and a few pats of butter to bind it all together and thicken it to a syrupy consistency.

Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce
Photo:

Cara Cormack

Active Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
20 mins
Yield:
2 servings

A perfect interplay of acid from the wine and sumptuous fat, the sauce is an ideal accompaniment to a peppercorn-crusted rib eye steak. The well-marbled cut stays more tender than New York strip, and its rich, beefy flavor infuses the pan sauce. Trim the steak of large pieces of fat and tie it into a round for even cooking.

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Ingredients

  • 1 (1-inch-thick) rib eye steak, trimmed and tied with butcher’s twine

  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt

  • 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, divided

  • 1 tablespoon neutral oil, such as grapeseed

  • 1/4 cup minced shallots

  • 1/2 cup red wine

  • 1 cup homemade beef broth

Directions

  1. Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce

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    Ingredients.

  2. Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce

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    Season steak with salt and pepper, pressing pepper into steak. Melt 1 tablespoon butter with oil in a large stainless steel skillet over medium-high. Add steak and sear until crusty, browned, and fat is rendered, about 2 minutes.

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    Flip and sear 2 minutes.

  4. Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce

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    Using tongs, lift steak and press edge of steak into pan, rolling until edges are browned and rendered.

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    Place steak flat in pan, and reduce heat to medium. Cook to desired degree of doneness, 2 minutes to 2 minutes and 30 seconds per side for medium-rare. Transfer steak to a cutting board. Pour off fat from pan, reserving fond in pan.

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    Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet with fond.

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    Add shallots and cook, stirring often, until shallots are softened, about 2 minutes.

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    Deglaze the pan with wine. Simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes.

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    Add broth and simmer until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

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    Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter to sauce and gently shake pan to incorporate butter as it melts.

  11. Steak au Poivre with Red Wine Pan Sauce

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    Slice steak and divide slices between 2 plates. Drizzle steak with pan sauce and serve.

Originally appeared: April 2018

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