Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Steak in a Red Wine Cream Sauce with Steamed Broccoli (Christine Restivo Mulvania)



I will usually serve this over a nicely sliced roast or london broil but you can use any type or cut of beef that you prefer.

Need: Your preference of steak, 1 large portobello mushroom cap, 1 cup of red wine, 1 cup of heavy cream, 1 tbsp. and 1 tsp. fresh chopped parsley separated ( you can substitute with dried parsley if fresh is unavailable), olive oil, salt, and pepper and 2 crowns of broccoli for the side.

Directions:  Put the steak in an oven safe dish.  Generously cover the steak in olive oil, 1 tbsp. of parsley, pepper (the flavor of fresh ground pepper goes very nicely with the sauce so go generous on the pepper), and salt to taste.  Cook in the oven at the specified temperature for the cut and pound amount of meat.  This is usually stated on the label.  Cook until desired preference is reached.  I like to have my steak medium to medium rare. In a saucepan over medium heat add the red wine.  Brush the portobello mushroom cap clean and remove the stem.  Dice it up and add to the red wine.  Allow this to simmer until the liquid is about 1/3 cup. Add the cream to the wine while stirring continuously with a wire whisk, lower the heat to a very low setting and add 1 tsp. of fresh parsley, fresh ground pepper and about 1/4-1/2 tsp. salt (feel free to salt this to your taste).   Cut up the broccoli crowns and steam.  I usually steam broccoli on the stove top using a large pot with about an inch of water in the bottom and placing a colander inside the pot ( I know, kind of ghetto, but my vegetable steamer is still packed from my move, so if you don't have a steamer try it this way) where I put the broccoli, a little salt, and pepper, cover and steam (set the small amount of water in the pot to boil) for about 5-7 minutes until tender. 

Slice and plate your meat, cover with about 3 tsp. of the cream sauce and serve the broccoli on the side.  I made this once and served alongside some roasted potatoes which were perfect if there was a little extra sauce on the plate.  mmmm so good.

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