Preparing Steaks for a Dinner Party Made Easy

This is a guest post by Mark Johnson

So, what are you cooking for dinner tonight? Is it the same and old lobsters or one of those continental delicacies that you prepare every time for a dinner party? Well, if you are planning to prepare something new and delectable, why don’t you get steaks to your kitchen interiors? In fact, you can try so many unique recipes with steaks and leave your guests amazed.

Now, if you are heading to try a new recipe, it might take a lot of time and this might further result in making you delay for setting up the party decors. In this respect, preparing steaks is so easy, and you don’t need to kill hours behind it.

So, you must have got excited to know the recipe, right? Without keeping you in further suspense, let me give you the detailed cooking procedure for a mouthwatering recipe called ‘Steak with Red Wine Shallot Sauce’. Let’s take a look:

Ingredients:

• 1 pound and 1 inch thick New York strip steak
• Freshly ground pepper
• Kosher salt
• Minced large shallot – 1 piece
• Boxed red wine – ¾ cup
• Cold and cubed unsalted butter – 2 to 3 tablespoons

Methods to prepare:

• Get the steak removed from the refrigerator at least half an hour before cooking.
• Take a large sized skillet with a heavy bottom and tune it to medium-high heat.
• Pat the dry steak well and season it with care taking help of salt and pepper. Make sure that all the sides are touched during the seasoning process.
• Hold the steak with tongs making it stand up on the fat strip, as it would allow the fat to melt and grease the pan. This might take maximum 2 minutes of your time.
• Take a pan and keep the steak flat in it. Start searing with the help of scissors till it goes deep brown on one side.
• Keep turning the steak and start cooking all its sides. Make sure that the temperature doesn’t exceed 120 degrees which you can only track out after inserting a thermometer inside the steak.
• Transfer the entire stuff to a cutting board and give at least 10 minutes to let it rest.
• Set aside the drippings in the skillet.
• Take the drippings and add the shallot cooking it over medium heat till it turns golden.
• Take a wooden spoon and add wine along with some browned bits.
• Boil the steak and cook it till getting reduced by half. It will become slightly syrupy if you take 5 to 7 minutes for cooking.
• Beat the steak in the butter taking one piece at a time. This will lend the sauce a glossy look.
• Take salt of ½ teaspoon and pepper of ¼ teaspoon for seasoning.
• Get the steaks sliced against the grain and serve them with sauce.

So, don’t you think that the steaks with red wine Shallot sauce can perfectly compliment your dinner party? Just call up your friends and give them a big surprise by presenting them an amazing cuisine.

About the author: Mark Johnson here gives us a unique recipe that can be prepared with steaks. The ingredients and preparation methods he has mentioned will surely help one prepare the steak with red wine Shallot sauce.