Steak with Wild Mushroom Sauce
My wife and I spent Valentine's Day 1997 with five good friends who flew in from both coasts. Living in Park City and being a holiday weekend, this was a perfect opportunity for our friends to visit and do a little skiing.
Cooking for seven may not be as romantic as I would like, but it sure can be a lot of fun.
My idea was to put together a meal that includes foods that are orgasmic. I thought we'd start with fresh figs stuffed with mascarpone and some brie cheese.
Being a bunch of meat eaters, I decided on sliced steak with a wild mushroom sauce served with mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus. And for a salad...organic mixed greens with a Dijon vinaigrette. Where's the chocolate? How about a chocolate soufflé!!
Here is my recipe for grilled steak with wild mushroom sauce. Click on my link to see how I like to make perfect mashed potatoes. The recipe for wild mushroom sauce calls for demi-glace, one of the most important ingredients for making sauces. Demi Glace is difficult to prepare from scratch and can take hours and hours but is now available in commerial form.
One of my favorite dem-glace products has been More Than Gourmet's Demi Glace Gold but now some other gourmet manufactureres are getting into the mix and offering quality products and reduced costs. I have them mentioned and a source to purchase them on my Demi Glace page.
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Steak Cooking Tips
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If you are using a broiler, you want to preheat it to get it hot for the same reason as above.
Steak with Wild Mushroom Sauce
Serves 7 - 8
Cooking Technique - Grilling
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INGREDIENTS
4 medium sized New York Strip Steaks (Learn more about buying steaks here)
2 tablespoons shallots
2 oz. Butter (1/2 stick)
1 pound assorted wild mushrooms, (portabello,morel,shitake, cremini...whatever is available)
1/2 cup Red Wine
1 cup demi glace
Salt and Pepper to taste
PREP WORK
Get your grill really hot. While this is happening, finely chop your shallots and slice your mushrooms. Have your red wine and demi glace or substitute ready to go
HOW TO MAKE AT HOME
Prepare Steaks:
Preheat your grill until it’s really hot. Season the steaks with a little salt and pepper. The meat should be cooked approximately 3-4 minutes per side depending how you like your steaks. When done, slice the steaks into 1/4 inch strips, fan out on a warm plate and add your wild mushroom sauce.
Prepare Wild Mushroom Sauce:
Melt butter in a sauce pan and sauté shallots until transparent, approximately 2-3 minutes. Add red wine, preferably something you may be sipping while you are preparing this meal. Don’t use plain old cooking wine, big mistake.
Add mushrooms and cook until tender and wine has reduced to an essence. Add demi-glace and stir (with a whisk if you have one) until combined with the shallots. Simmer until the sauce has thickened, approximately 8-10 minutes or until it is thick enough to coat a spoon.
Salt and pepper to taste and serve over the steaks (and mashed potatoes if you like).
