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Strip Steak Bordelaise with Poached Marrow

Fannie Farmer paired broiled steak with a red wine Bordelaise sauce and slices of poached bone marrow, a French classic that puts our strip steaks and marrow bones on one plate.

TimeAbout 45 minutes
Serves2
EaseAdvanced
CutPrime Dry Aged New York Strip Steak
TargetBubbling
Adapted from Fannie Farmer, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, 1918.
Strip Steak Bordelaise with Poached Marrow

Ingredients

10 items

Method

  1. 1Simmer the shallot and wine in a small pan until reduced to about 2 tbsp. Strain and set aside.
  2. 2In a saucepan, melt 2 tbsp butter with the onion, carrot, parsley, bay, peppercorns and clove, and cook until browned. Stir in the flour and cook until it turns a deep brown.
  3. 3Whisk in the stock gradually. Strain, then simmer gently 8 minutes. Stir in the reduced wine and the remaining 1 tbsp butter, and season.
  4. 4Scoop the marrow from the bone, cut into ⅓-inch slices, and poach in barely simmering salted water for 1–2 minutes, until just soft.
  5. 5Cook the steaks as in the recipe above, then serve with the marrow slices on top and the sauce spooned around.
  6. 6Feeds eight or more
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Bubbling
Cook to temperature, not timeRoast until the marrow is soft and just pulling from the bone.
Made with Legacy Maker Farms 1876 Single-Source Prime Dry Aged New York Strip Steak · 12 ozCanoe Cut Marrow Bones · 4+ lbs. 4 bones Legacy Maker Farms 1876 Single-Source beef: raised on our Indiana farm, dry-aged and cut by hand under the eye of our master butcher.
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