Vampire Steaks With Garlic Red Wine Reduction Recipes

RIBEYE STEAKS WITH RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Line a sheet pan with foil and place a wire rack on top, set aside.
• Adjust oven rack to the center position and preheat to 275ºF (135ºC). Place a large 12-inch cast iron skillet in the oven to warm.
• Dry the steaks with a paper towel to remove excess surface moisture and transfer to the wire rack. Generously season the meat with salt and ground black pepper on both sides.
• Place steaks in the oven and cook about 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the thickness.
• Remove the steaks from the oven and set aside.
• Remove the cast iron pan from the oven and transfer to the stovetop.
• Heat pan over high heat and add the oil.
• Once the oil is very hot and just beginning to smoke, carefully add the steaks to the pan.
• Sear the first side until a deep brown crust is formed, about 2 minutes.
• Carefully flip the steaks over and sear about 1 ½ to 2 minutes.
• Use tongs to turn the steaks on their sides to cook and render remaining fat, about 2 minutes total.
• Add one tablespoon of the butter to the pan, melt and use a spoon to briefly baste the tops of the steaks.
• Transfer steaks to a clean plate and allow to rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
• For the red wine sauce, reserve 1 tablespoon of the steak drippings in the cast iron pan and heat over medium.
• Once the drippings are warm add the garlic and shallots, saute and stir frequently until tender, about 1 minute.
• Add red wine, balsamic vinegar, rosemary sprig and thyme sprigs, bring mixture to a rapid simmer over high heat.
• Allow wine mixture to reduce until thickened, about ¼ a cup, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add in beef stock, and rapidly simmer over high heat until the sauce is reduced and thickened to about ½ cup, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Remove rosemary and thyme, discard.
• Turn off heat and whisk in 1 tablespoon of butter.
• Taste the red wine sauce and season with more salt and pepper as desired.
• Garnish steaks with chopped thyme, rosemary, and parsley a few minutes before serving.

RED WINE REDUCTION STEAK SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat; cook and stir the yellow and red onion, shallots, garlic, tomato, carrots, and mushrooms until the onions are translucent and the carrots have softened, 10 to 15 minutes. Pour in the beef broth and 1 cup of Merlot, and bring to a boil, scraping and dissolving any browned bits of flavor from the bottom of the pan. Reduce heat, and simmer until the vegetables are very soft and the pan juices have reduced by half, about 20 minutes.
• Strain out and discard the vegetables from the sauce. Return the sauce to a boil over medium-high heat, stir in 1/4 cup of Merlot wine, and reduce heat. Simmer the sauce until it is reduced to 1/4 of its original volume, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.

STEAK IN RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the garlic, vegetables and herbs, and cook on a medium heat until they soften and begin to colour. Heat a drop of olive oil in a frying pan. Season the beef trimmings and fry until coloured and sealed all over. Add the meat to the vegetables.
• Pour 1-2 glasses of wine into the frying pan in which you have cooked the meat. Bring this to the boil, scraping and lifting all the meat residue from the bottom of the pan. Pour the liquid into the pan that contains the meat and vegetables. Let the pan's contents bubble until the wine has reduced by three-quarters.
• Now add and reduce the rest of the wine, 1-2 glasses at a time. If you tip it all in at once, you wash the vegetables and meat of their roasted edge, so their flavour in the finished sauce is bland. Reduce by three-quarters, glass by glass until all the wine is used.
• Now add the beef jus, bring to a simmer and cook gently for 45 mins to 1 hr. Regularly skim away any impurities by weaving a small ladle in and out of the top of the sauce. Taste regularly and when you are happy with the flavour, strain the sauce through a fine sieve, squeezing out all the juices from the meat and vegetables.
• Ideally, also pass the sauce through a sieve lined with a piece of muslin, which will help remove fine impurities. Check for seasoning. You can make ahead up to this point, cool and refrigerate or freeze.
• Heat a grill or pan to hot, smear the steaks with oil and cook them, turning once, 4-5 mins for rare, 7-8 mins for medium, 8-10 mins for well done. Serve the steaks on a bed of wilted spinach with sticky shallots and pour the red wine sauce around. Mashed potatoes make a good accompaniment to this.