Flank Steak Bearnaise Recipes

STEAK WITH BERNAISE

Steps:

• For the sauce, put the Champagne vinegar, white wine, shallots, 1 tablespoon tarragon leaves, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes, until the mixture is reduced to a few tablespoons. Cool slightly.
• Place the cooled mixture with the egg yolks and 1 teaspoon salt in the jar of a blender and blend for 30 seconds. With blender on, slowly pour the hot butter through the opening in the lid. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of tarragon leaves and blend only for a second. If the sauce is too thick, add a tablespoon of white wine to thin. Keep at room temperature until serving.
• Season the steaks liberally with salt and coarsely ground black pepper on both sides. Heat a thin layer of olive oil in a large saute pan over high heat until it's almost smoking, then sear the steaks on each side for 1 minute. Lower the heat to low and cook the steaks for about 7 to 10 minutes, turning once, until very rare in the middle. Remove to a plate, cover tightly with aluminum foil and allow to sit for 10 minutes. Serve with the bernaise sauce on the side.
• Note: To make the sauce in advance, prepare an hour before serving and allow it to sit in the blender. Before serving, add 1 tablespoon of the hottest tap water and blend for a few seconds.

CRAB STUFFED STEAK WITH A BEARNAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make stuffing.
• Remove crab from legs, break meat up.
• Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan, add celery and onion cook 1 minute, add garlic cook for a further 2 minutes stirring or until celery and onion soften.
• Add parsley, pepper and crab, stir to combine, remove and set to one side.
• Steaks.
• Cut steak horizontally through the middle being careful not cut all the way through. Open steak out so it is butterflied, take a meat mallet and pound to flaten slightly.
• Divide stuffing mix between the 2 steaks, placing it on one half of the steak, fold the remaining half over the top.
• Spread half a teaspoon of horseradish over the top of each steak, wrap 2 bacon rashers around each one to secure.
• Cook steaks in a hot pan 2 minutes each side to brown, Place steaks in oven proof dish and cook in a pre-heated oven of 180 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes depending on how thick they are for a nice pink centre.
• Sauce.
• Pour bearnaise into a saucepan, add 200ml of milk whisk to combine, heat stirring until sauce starts to thicken.
• Add sauce, juice, wine, vinegar, Tabasco, cream and herbs, cooking stirring until mixture thickens. Sauce can be left on a warm stove to keep warm, just stir occasionally.
• Asparagus.
• Trim ends of asparagus, take 5 spears and wrap a slice of bacon around to secure, repeat with remaining asparagus and bacon.
• Place in an oiled oven proof dish and cook for 10 minutes. They are cooked at the same temp as the steak so I just pop them in when the steaks have 10 more minutes to go.
• To Serve: I served mine over mash, topped with the steak, place asparagus on top and drizzle with sauce.

FILLET STEAKS WITH MOCK BEARNAISE

Steps:

• Let the fillet steaks sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet and when it is quite hot, add the steaks with salt and pepper to taste and cook over a fairly high heat, turning them every minute, until they are cooked for 6 minutes altogether (for rare), 8 minutes (for medium-rare), and 10 minutes (for well-done).
• Meanwhile, put the lemon juice and egg yolks in the container of a blender or food processor and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Melt the butter, turn on the machine, remover the insert cap, and drizzle the hot butter in a slow, steady stream.
• When it is all incorporated, turn off the machine, add the chopped shallots and tarragon, and turn the machine on for less than 5 seconds just to combine them.
• Arrange a fillet steak on each plate and pour the mock Bearnaise on the side of each steak.
• Serve immediately.

BRAISED FLANK STEAK IN THE OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with foil.
• Whisk water, steak sauce, and soup mix together in a small bowl. Pour a little into the bottom of the prepared pan. Add the steak, then the remaining sauce. Cover with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender and hot and slightly pink in the center, 1 to 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) for medium.