Add shallots and steak butter to a cold pan
Cook shallots over low for 30-35 minutes
Add minced garlic, turn heat back up to medium and cook until fragrant
Add 1 shot of cognac
Add 1 cup white wine (sauvignon blanc)
Let all booze cook off
Add blend of soy sauce, black vinegar, kecap manis, sherry vinegar, fish sauce, lemon juice
Add chicken stock
Cook stock down for 20 minutes or so to reduce by roughly half
Add heavy cream
Add thyme
Bring to a boil, then cut heat
Strain and serve
Gently toast peppercorns until fragrant
Blend peppercorns and add to sauce (however much you can handle)
STEAK BUTTER: two sticks of butter, steak, trimmings, fresh thyme, six cloves of garlic
