Here's a recipe to make a pan-seared steak with a red wine sauce. We first sear the steaks, throw them in the oven to cook slowly, then make the sauce using the same pan. It starts with cutting up an onion, sauteeing it, and adding that to the sauce. Chop off the ends of the onion, peel off the outer skin layers, then dice it all up into chunks. To make the sauce, you're going to need the sauteed onion, butter, thyme, balsamic vinegar, red wine, and dijon mustard. Take out the steak from the fridge. Let it warm up to room temperature. Rub some olive oil on the steak, then add salt and pepper. Turn on the oven to 350 F. Heat up a pan. Throw the steak on there. Add a few chunks of unsalted butter. That butter will later on be the brown scraping stuff used for the sauce. You'll want to cover the steak, because it'll be popping hot butter in the pan. The goal is to sear the steak sides for one minute. To seal in the juices. One minute on one side. Flip. One minute on the other side. It should look like this. Grab a mitten. Grab the pan. Slide it into the oven. Cook the seared steak in the pan in the oven at 350 for about 4 minutes on either side. Flip after 4 or 5 minutes. 10 minutes total maximum cooking time. While this is all going on, I'm also rendering lard. Lard is the fat of a pig. Rendering is heating it up to get all of the fat out of it. And then we cook with it. It's our main cooking oil. We use it in our test kitchen for everything. Using a meat thermometer, I'm flawless. Takes out all of the guessing. After reaching your desired meat temperature, take the steak out of the oven, and out of the pan. Plate it. Let it rest. Now, you're pan is where you make the sauce. Put slabs of butter on the steak. Cover with foil. Rest it. Sautee the onions in the same pan. At a bay leaf. Add some dijon mustard. Add a splash of vinegar. Add the wine. Sweeten the sauce up with some organic coconut sugar. The steak came out perfect. Medium. And there you go. Pan seared steak with red wine sauce.
Men, here are some secrets to making awesome waffles for the family. Easy to make. We've tested many, many recipes over the years. And I think we've got it. Here's a recipe I'd like to share. You could use a mix or a recipe. It's your choice. Here's my wife's scratch recipe. I prefer to use the mix. I like using Pamela's. Another secret is to use a container. I like purchasing a big bag of mix, and using a container to hold it all. Cut out the directions and place on top the flour mix inside the container. The container makes is so easy to use. Here's a secret ingredient. I like adding coconut manna in equal quantities whenever there's a call for coconut oil. I like Nutiva. The coconut oil and manna give the waffle mix a really nice smell. Fresh. Not too coco-nutty. Just follow the directions. Mix it all up. Whip the egg whites in separate bowl, then fold in the egg white gently. That makes the waffles really light and fluffy. Awesome. After folding in the egg whites, you then add some secrete ingredients to give it a kick. Add some splashes of nutmeg, vanilla, and salt. That's the kicker right there. Remember - folding is gentle. Gently mixing too. Pour the batter into the griddle, which as been sprayed with coconut oil. High-fives all around the table. Waffles for the family.
You're a king. Here's an affordable way to cook and provide a good, big roast of meat for the family. After cooking this roast in a tomato broth all day in a slow cooker, the meat will just fall apart with a fork. Melt in your mouth. This is a feast for a king.
Here's what you'll need:
Prep the Meat. Unwrap the meat. Season it with salt and pepper. Rub it in there. Put coconut oil in a skillet. You could throw in some olive oil and butter too. You want to brown-up the sides of the beef roast. It's like frying a meat ball before cooking it. Throw It All Together. Throw into the crock pot the onions, carrots, celery, leeks, and garlic. Put the roast on the top. Pour the tomatoes, chicken broth, and wine over it. Toss in the rosemary, thyme, and other spices. Cook It. Let 'er cook for 8 hours. So, start in the morning before work. And you'll serve this for dinner. If you're around while cooking it, keep basting the meat, which means keeping it wet. Don't let it dry out. It like to keep padding butter on it, just like basting a turkey. Plate It. Serve It. After it's all cooked, you're ready to serve. I don't take it out of the cooker. I like to plate right from the slow cooker pot, because everything is right there, including the juices. If you'd like, you could pour out the juices, onion, and some carrots and throw it all into a blender to make a thick gravy kind of thing. Serve. You're a king. Pair It. Pair it with a good, bold, fruit-forward red wine. Consider this particular wine. |
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