Grilled Flank Steak with Grumpy’s BBQ Sauce

There are lots of ways to prepare a marinade and make a BBQ sauce for grilling flank steak. But if you want to save time and have the delicious consistency of an award winning sauce give Grumpy’s BBQ sauce a try. In this recipe we are using flank steak but basically the same great flavor can be accomplished with just about any cut of meat, even chicken, pork and fish.

Ingredients:

2 lbs flank steak, trimmed of excess fat
1/2 cup olive oil
4 tbs red wine vinegar
1 garlic clove, minced
1 shallot, medium sized, chopped

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White Wine Sauce Ready-to-Use

White Wine Sauce Ready-to-Use

Have you thought about what you could do if you had a nice mirepoix stock prepared, and a well-made roux? Here is a classic Veloute sauce already made from mirepoix and roux, roasted chicken stock and white wine by the well know chefs at More Than Gourmet. It is creamy and luscious. With a light tan coloring, and a spec of pepper, it has just the right body to coat your delicate meat and fish dishes.

To properly prepare a good Veloute sauce, you begin with a mirepoix, uniformly chopping the vegetables for a gentle sautéing, and a roux, requiring attentively and patiently stirring until you have achieved a wonderfully smooth, creamy sauce. The French chefs have done this for hundreds of years. Modern living makes this more difficult to do, as it is labor intensive and time consuming. Fortunately, you can achieve the same results as the French chefs with White Wine Sauce.

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