Recipe - Steak With Wild Mushroom Sauce

4 md Sized New York Strip Steaks
2 tablespoon Finely chopped shallots
2 ounce Butter (One half stick)
1 pound Assorted wild mushrooms,
cut or sliced up (portabello, morel,
shitake, cremini, whatever
is available)
One half cup Red Wine
1 cup Veal stock
Salt and Pepper to taste

Prepare Steaks: Preheat your grill until it’s really hot. Season the steaks
with a little salt and pepper. The meat should be cooked approximately 34
minutes per side depending how you like your steaks. When done, slice the
steaks into One fourth inch strips, fan out on a warm plate and add your wild
mushroom sauce.

Prepare Wild Mushroom Sauce:

Melt butter in a sauce pan and sauté shallots until transparent,
approximately 23 minutes. Add red wine, preferably something you may be
sipping while you are preparing this meal. Don’t use plain old cooking
wine, big mistake. Add mushrooms and cook until tender and wine has reduced
to an essence. Add veal stock and simmer until the sauce has thickened,
approximately 810 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste and serve over the
steaks (and mashed potatoes).

Reluctant Gourmet's Tips:

1. Make sure the grill is hot, really hot. This will sear the outside of
the meat and keep the juices in.

2. Don’t use a fork to turn the steaks, use tongs or a spatula to prevent
juices from leaking out.

3. If you are using a broiler, you want to preheat it to get it hot for the
same reason as above

4. "Remember, never cook with any wine you wouldn't drink"

5. Visit my page, The Reluctant Gourmet, at
http://www.pcfastnet.com/~reluctg/ for more tips.

Posted to EATL Digest 27 Feb 97 by Reluctant Gourmet
reluctg@PCFASTNET.COM on Feb 28, 1997.