Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce

Filet Mignon with Red Wine Sauce featuring Winexpert Limited Edition South African Shiraz. This recipe works whether you grill the steaks on the barbeque or pan fry them in a hot skillet- making it a great steak recipe when the barbecue is covered with snow.

3 cups Winexpert Selection Limited Edition South African Shiraz

3 tbsp cognac

3 shallots, chopped

1 tsp thyme

6 filet mignon steaks

4 cups beef stock

Allow the steaks to set to approximately room temperature. Rinse the steaks under cool water, and pat dry with towels. Lightly coat the beef with olive oil and paprika. Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk Selection Limited Edition South African Shiraz, cognac, shallots and thyme in a large bowl. Marinate steaks overnight in glass pans.

Remove steaks from marinade and pat dry. Cook steaks in pan or barbeque. For a medium rare steak cook for about 4 minutes on each side.

Transfer marinade to saucepan. Boil about 20 minutes to reduce to 1 cup. Add stock and boil about 20 more minutes to reduce to 1¼ cups. Add 5 tablespoons of chilled butter to sauce and spoon over steaks. Serves 6.

This recipe will also work with Australian Shiraz or California Syrah.

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