How To Make The Perfect Pepper Sauce For Steak (Standalone Recipe)

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: milk

Coconut cream is lower in calories, while milk is more budget-friendly.

beef stock

🥗Healthier: vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: chicken stock

Vegetable stock is lower in calories, while chicken stock is often cheaper.

Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a sauté pan until hot.

Add 150 grams of chuck steak and brown on all sides for about 10 minutes.

Add aromatics like celery and a dab of butter, lower heat, and sweat for a few minutes.

Add 50 ml of cognac to the hot pan and reduce until almost dry.

Pour in 400 ml of beef stock and bring to a simmer, adding bay leaf and thyme.

Simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, then filter through a sieve into another saucepan.

To thicken, add a piece of burman to the boiling sauce and whisk until semi-syrupy.

Add cream and then 1 tablespoon of black pepper, adjusting seasoning with salt as needed.

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