Beef Reduction Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook shallot in hot oil until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Pour wine into saucepan; cook, stirring regularly, until reduced in volume by half, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir beef broth with the wine. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook at a simmer until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Stir butter and Italian seasoning into the sauce; cook until butter is completely melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt.

Steps:

• Remove the tenderloin from the refrigerator 1 hour prior to cooking.
• On the tail end of the tenderloin, about a third of the way from where it begins to taper, make an incision almost all the way through the beef. Fold the tail onto the larger portion to make an even cylinder throughout. Use ten to twelve 8-inch pieces of butcher's twine to tie the tenderloin crosswise every 3/4 to 1 inch. This will help it to keep its shape and cook evenly.
• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F.
• Pat the tenderloin dry. Brush with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and season heavily with salt and pepper all around. Put the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil in a cast-iron pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add the beef and sear on all sides until a nice crust is formed, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Add the thyme, garlic and 3 tablespoons of the butter to the pan. Once the butter is melted, use a spoon to baste the beef with the herb and garlic infused butter for 30 seconds.
• Transfer the beef to a rack on a baking sheet, spoon over 2 tablespoons of the herb and garlic butter mixture from the cast-iron pan (reserve the pan) and roast until the internal temperature of the thickest part reaches 120 degrees F (for medium rare), 1 to 2 hours, depending on the size of the tenderloin. Cover the beef with foil and rest for 15 minutes.
• Add the shallots to the remaining herb and garlic butter mixture in the cast-iron pan and sweat over medium heat until translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Deglaze with the red wine and reduce until almost dry, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the beef stock, bring to a simmer and reduce by half, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, thoroughly mix the remaining 2 tablespoons butter with the flour in a small bowl.
• Reduce the heat to low and slowly whisk in the butter and flour mixture bit by bit, until the sauce reaches the desired consistency. Serve with the perfectly roasted beef.

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. Gather your ingredients.
• 3. Add all the ingredients, except the butter, salt, and pepper, into a reduction pan, or saucepan, over medium heat.
• 4. Bring to a simmer, and allow the liquid to slowly reduce to about 1/2 cup.
• 5. Chef's Note: Depending on the surface area of the pan you are using this could take from 45 to 90 minutes. Have patience, it will happen... and you will be happy when it does.
• 6. Remove the sauce from the heat, and then strain out the bay leaf, peppercorns, and thyme sprig.
• 7. Return the liquid to the saucepan.
• 8. Add the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, and whisk until fully incorporated.
• 9. Chef's Note: Taste and add a bit of salt and/or pepper, if needed.
• 10. Cover and keep warm, until needed.
• 11. PLATE/PRESENT
• 12. This sauce is excellent when drizzled over just about any cut of beef, especially a nice medium-rare beef tenderloin.
• 13. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

Steps:

• Remove the roast and pour off all but 1 or 2 tablespoons of the cooking fat (if there are nonfatty juices in the skillet or roasting pan, leave them there). Place the roasting pan over high heat. (Use two burners if the pan is large.) Add the shallot and cook, stirring, until it softens, about 1 minute.
• Add the liquid and cook, stirring and scraping to loosen the brown bits at the bottom of the pan. Allow the liquid to boil for about 5 minutes, or until about a third of it evaporates. (This is a good time to carve the meat; the boiling liquid needs only occasional stirring.)
• Turn the heat to medium-low and add the butter or oil, a little at a time, stirring well after each addition. Taste and season if necessary with salt and pepper, then serve with the meat.

Steps:

• Arrange on a heavy-duty baking sheet or in a roasting pan: 3 pounds beef bones, preferably a mixture of meaty bones and knuckles.
• Roast in a 400°F oven until quite brown, about 40 to 50 minutes. While the bones are roasting, put a heavy stockpot over medium heat. When hot, add: 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1/2 pound beef, such as shank, shin, or chuck, cut into 1-inch pieces.
• Brown the meat well, stirring now and then. When well browned, pour off most of the fat and add: 1 carrot, peeled and cut into large pieces, 1 onion, peeled and cut into large pieces, 1 celery stalk, cut into large pieces, A pinch of salt.
• Cook, stirring now and then, until the vegetables are wilted. Be sure to not let the bottom of the pan burn. Add: 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns, 1 whole clove, 2 allspice berries, 3 thyme sprigs, A few parsley stems, 1 cup dry red wine.
• Stir well, scraping up any brown bits clinging to the bottom of the pan. Cook the wine until it has reduced significantly. Add the browned bones and: 5 cups chicken or beef broth.
• Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and skim any foam that has collected on the surface. Pour off the fat from the pan the bones were browned in. If there are any brown bits sticking to it, add a bit of broth from the pot, scrape them up, and tip the liquid back into the pot. Cook, at a simmer, for 3 to 4 hours. Strain, pressing well on the meat and vegetables to extract all the juices. Skim off any fat and pour into a shallow pan to reduce. Cook at a rapid boil until reduced to 1 cup. Season with salt to taste.
• Use white wine instead of red.
• Use 3 pounds lamb bones (1 pound of which is meaty neck bone) and 1/4 pound lamb meat instead of beef bones and meat.
• Use 3 pounds pork bones and 1/2 pound pork meat instead of beef.
• Use 1 chicken carcass and 2 or 3 whole legs instead of beef bones and meat. Chop up the carcass before browning for maximum flavor extraction.
• Instead of beef, use 1 duck carcass and about 1/2 pound meaty duck scraps such as tenderloins or legs. Chop up the carcass before browning.

Steps:

• Sprinkle freshly ground pepper over both sides of each steak, and sprinkle with salt to taste.
• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Place steaks in hot pan, and cook for 1 minute on each side, or until browned. Reduce heat to medium-low, and add balsamic vinegar and red wine. Cover, and cook for 4 minutes on each side, basting with sauce when you turn the meat over.
• Remove steaks to two warmed plates, spoon one tablespoon of glaze over each, and serve immediately.