Easy Peppercorn Sauce For Steak (15 Minutes)

30 g butter (salted or unsalted)

½ brown onion (or shallot (finely chopped))

2 tsp dijon mustard

1 tbsp red wine vinegar

8 g cracked black pepper or ground black pepper (use pepper mill or mortar & pestle)

1 chicken stock cube (or vegetable or beef stock cube)

150 ml water

150 ml double cream

Melt 30 g butter in a pan
Add ½ brown onion (finely chopped) with 8 g cracked black pepper or ground black pepper , 2 tsp dijon mustard and 1 tbsp red wine vinegar and cook until softened (approx 5 mins)
Dissolve 1 chicken stock cube in 150 ml water, add to sauce and simmer for 5 mins
Then pour in 150 ml double cream and simmer for another 5 minutes or so
Optional: add peppercorn sauce to the pan you cooked the steaks in and 'de-glaze' the pan with the sauce to pick up all of the steak juices and deepen the flavour

Course🍯Sauce

Diets🌾Gluten-free🥩Carnivore...

Category🥫Sauce

Cuisine🇫🇷French

Occasions📆Everyday🎉Special Occasion

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 15m