Steaks Alongside A Sweetness Shallot Vino Sauce

As I've said (way too many times...) whenever I inquire Mike what he'd similar to receive got for dinner, or what he'd similar me to serve if we're having fellowship the response is commonly steak (and a chocolate cake, for that matter).  Sometimes I resist, insisting that nosotros should elbow grease something novel as well as dissimilar that I tin displace weblog about.   

Last weekend nosotros were having the same conversation on Lord's Day night, thus I idea - I bet everyone has this conversation amongst their husband.  Instead of resisting, I decided to fix the steaks every bit nosotros ever create (seared on the stove, finished inwards the oven...), but elbow grease a novel sauce on come about as well as a novel interesting side. 

The interesting side (besides the roasted asparagus) was a curry cauliflower gratin... it needs a lilliputian work, but the steak sauce was a definite keeper.  Inspired yesteryear Ina's Veal Chops amongst Caramelized Shallots (yes, I'm withal working my agency through Foolproof...), I prepared my ain version of the Caramelize Shallot sauce as well as served it over seared steaks.  Her recipe called for sherry vinegar as well as port wine, neither of which I had, but I used reddish vino as well as it worked great.

As I mentioned in my final post, nosotros had all of our meals on the porch final weekend to receive got wages of the get-go existent springy weekend.

the link amongst step-by-step instructions that has late taken off on pinterest... I gauge everyone is looking for a peachy agency to brand steaks at home.  Here I used strip steaks, but you lot tin displace operate your favorite cut.

Sweet Shallot Wine Sauce
with Seared Steaks

6 whole shallots
6 cloves of garlic
4 tablespoons of butter
Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper
1 loving cup of reddish wine
1 1/2 tablespoon of chocolate-brown sugar
red pepper flakes, small pinch of
1 teaspoon of fresh thyme

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Peel outer newspaper peel from shallots as well as trim back the roots off leaving the cease intact to concur it together.  Cut them into quarters lengthwise. 

 

In a large ovenproof pan, melt one-half of the butter thus add together the shallots, garlic, tabular array salt as well as pepper.  Cook for a brace of minutes thus identify the pan inwards the oven for thirty minutes.  Toss one-half agency through.

Remove the pan from the oven as well as identify it on the stove top.  Add the remainder of the butter as well as wine.  Bring to a simmer as well as ready for vi minutes until thickened.  Add chocolate-brown sugar, reddish pepper flakes as well as thyme.  Cook for merely 1 to a greater extent than infinitesimal until thick.  Serve poured over steaks.



Because steaks are such a peachy (and popular) selection to serve for entertaining, I conception to create to a greater extent than versions of "Steaks as well as Sides" - part amongst me your favorites!  I'll permit you lot know if I ever conk the Curry Cauliflower Gratin worked out...

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