Ingredients
- Flank Steaks
- Salt & Pepper
- Unsalted Butter
- Scallions
- Dry Red Wine
- Garlic Head
Instructions
- Sprinkle flank steak with salt and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper
- Heat a wide heavy skillet
- Do not add fat
- When hot, cook seasoned steak until seared and well browned on each side
- Reduce heat and add 2 t butter
- Cook 3 to 5 minutes on each side
- For best results, the meat should be quite rare
- Remove the meat from the pan and keep warm
- Pour off the fat in the skillet and add the scallions and red wine
- Bring to a boil and whisk in the garlic puree
- Boil until the wine is reduced by half, thickened, and syrupy
- As it boils, scrape up the browned bits in the skillet with a wooden spoon
- Stir in the meat juices that have accumulated unter the flank steak
- Boil for 1 or 2 seconds more
- Remove from the heat
- Gently swirl in the 2 t soften butter so that it incorporates into the wine
- Quickly slice the meat, against the grain, into thin strips
- Arrange the slices on a hot platter, pour sauce down the center of them and serve at once