Entrecôte à la Marchand de Vin

Name: Entrecôte à la Marchand de Vin (Steaks with Wine Sauce)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon minced parsley; 6 delmonico or strip steaks, about 1-inch thick; 1 cup red Burgundy wine; 2 tablespoons minced shallots; Dash salt; ⅛ teaspoon Freshly ground pepper; ¼ pound butter, cool, but not cold; ¼ teaspoon sugar

Steaks with Wine Sauce

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

The sauce here is nothing more than a Beurre Blanc, but made with red wine. It probably ought to be called Beurre Rouge.

Ingredients

6 delmonico or strip steaks, about 1-inch thick

Europe
France
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Burgundy

Method

Have steaks at room temperature. Combine shallots and wine. Boil until reduced to about 3 tablespoons.
Broil steaks to desired doneness (see chart). While steaks cook, finish the sauce.
To the reduced wine and shal