Chateaubriand Sauce.

Chateaubriand Sauce.
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Chateaubriand Sauce

This classic French sauce is a great companion for steak.

Tobias Müller

As the name suggests, a classic French sauce for this excellent cut of beef that serves two. The recipe comes from the cooking reference bible Larousse Gastronomique.

Ingredients
100 ml white wine
150 ml veal stock
100 g butter
2 shallots, finely chopped
1 handful mushrooms or mushroom stems
a few tarragon sprigs, chopped
  • Bring the white wine and veal stock to the boil, add the shallots and mushrooms and reduce to a third.
  • Strain. Add the cold butter and tarragon leaves and stir until combined into a creamy sauce.
  • Season to taste with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Tobias Müller
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