Ok now back on track, let's talk about steak first, many ppl have certain flavour preference when it comes to their choice of food, just like say.. Pasta , some like it in tomato based sauce, some creamy, others maybe just in olive oil herbs.
So a steak sauce is just like how u prefer to eat ur steak, but the basic concept of a sauce is still there; remember always, a sauce is meant to compliment a dish by adding or enhancing the flavour, NEVER drown ur dish in a sauce ( like what those coffee shop western food store always do to their "steak")
So if ur goal is to make a steak dish , the options of sauce are plenty, there's diane sauce, pesto sauce, mushroom sauce, red wine ,marsala etc.
Since tiffy asked for a recommendation that would not mask too much of the steak itself, I would go with a red wine sauce.
Ok now HOW to make it,
Steak first
Season it with salt n pepper,herbs like rosemary parsley garlic etc. never add salt too early, always a few mintues even its about to go into the pan or grill, reason is if u add salt early, it will extract water or blood out of the steak, making it very wet n dry later on
Sear ur steak, remember, no colour, no flavour..so yeah..and yes i love the sound of it ..only nemo hates it..she likes to stand at the kitchen door and shake her head LOL.
After u pan fry ur steak to ur prefered doneness, let the meat rest in a foil for a few mintues, what this does protein will relax and the juice will "come back" evenly later when u eat it.
So u get a juicy n delicious steak later, anyway, if u eat well done steak.. Pardon me but I think you dunno how to eat steak LOL
Ok while the meat is resting, its time to work on the sauce, see those brown marks or stains in the pan after u take out ur steak? That's where a lot if the flavor is, so what u do now is add red wine into the pan.
This is call deglazing, be careful if there's lots of oil in pan,
Reduce the wine till at least 1/2 are gone, this pretty much cooks off the alcohol but retains the flavour. Add salt n pepper, beef stock or lemon zest if u like to it.
When reduced till it can coat the back of ur spoon, that's pretty much about it.
Now ur meat is well rested, ur sauce is ready, add friends , wine , laughter and time to serve :)
so yeah, a simple n delicious red wine reduction sauce to go with ur steak dinner hehe
Here are various pics of steaks I did in the past 6mths LOL
Fillet mignon steak with dauphinoise potatoes
Rib Eye Steak with marsale sauce accompanied by dashes of hollandaise
yeahhh tats how i like my steak..medium rare. this is a garlic and parsley ribeye in teriyaki sauce.
maybe i have a fetish or something but pics like these makes me wana dive in and eat up tat MEAT!!! arghhhhhh lolol
OK thanks for reading if u bothered to read so far and maybe i shall talk about potatoes or grilling in my next entry.hehe
Cheers and stay hungry !! haha
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