Flat Iron Steak With Red Wine Sauce

Serves: 6

Ewell Douglas

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

36

Sweetness

44

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Salt

1 cup

Tomato Paste

2.5 cups

Red Wine (dry)

Directions:

1

Add the garlic and oregano and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds

2

Prepare the grill or barbecue (medium-high heat)

3

Sprinkle the steaks with salt and pepper and drizzle with the 3 tablespoons of olive oil

4

Grill to desired doneness, about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare

5

Transfer the steaks to a cutting board

6

Tent with foil and let stand 10 minutes

7

Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat

8

Add the onions and saute until tender, about 5 minutes

9

Season with salt

10

Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly

11

Whisk in the wine

12

Simmer until the sauce reduces by half, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes

13

Remove the skillet from the heat

14

Strain the sauce into a small bowl, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible

15

Discard the solids in the strainer and return the sauce to the saucepan and bring back to a slow simmer

16

Cut the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter into small 1/2-inch chunks and whisk in the sauce a little at a time

17

Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper

18

Thinly slice the steaks across the grain

19

Divide the steak slices among 6 plates

20

Drizzle the sauce over the steak, drizzle a little more extra-virgin olive oil and serve