Steak with Red Wine Sauce

  • 2 steaks
  • coarse salt and cracked pepper
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 1 tsp dry thyme
  • 2/3 cup boiling water
  • 1 beef oxo cube
  • 1/2 cup dry red wine
  1. Combine the boiling water with the beef oxo cube.
  2. Melt 1 tbsp of butter in a non-stick skillet over medium heat.  Add the shallot and saute 3 minutes. 
  3. Add the garlic and thyme and saute 2 minutes.  Pour in the water mixed with oxo and the wine.  Boil until the sauce is reduced to 3/4 cup.  Set aside.
  4. Rub the steak with coarse salt and cracked pepper.
  5. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil to the skillet that the sauce was made in.  Saute the steak on all sides until cooked to your liking.
  6. Remove the steak from the pan to rest.  Pour the sauce back into the pan and bring to a boil to deglaze.  Stir in 1 tbsp of butter.
  7. Serve the steak with the sauce.

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