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Marinated Veal Hanger Steak with Hypocras Wine Sauce, Sweet Spices, and Sacred Herbs

Ingredients (Serves 5)
  • 800 g veal hanger
  • 20 cl hypocras wine
  • salt, ground pepper
  • chervil
  • fresh sage
  • 700 g carrots
  • 700 g chayotes (christophines)
  • Marinade:
    200 g carrots
  • 175 g onion
  • 100 g shallot
  • 75 g celery stalk
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • flat parsley
  • thyme
  • laurel
  • 2 cloves
  • 50 cl dry white wine
Preparation

Difficulty: Intermediate (Level 2)

  1. Prepare the marinade.
  2. Trim the veal hanger and cut into large chunks. Marinate for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.
  3. Drain the hanger, then sear in a frying pan with sunflower oil. Pat dry and keep warm.
  4. For the vegetable garnish, peel and dice carrots and chayotes. Boil in salted water until tender, then cool. Toss in foamy butter and season.
  5. Chop the chervil and sage.
  6. Arrange some vegetables at the bottom of a soup plate.
  7. Slice the hanger steak and place over the vegetables.
  8. Whisk the hypocras wine sauce with butter, adjust seasoning, and drizzle over the dish.
  9. Finish with chopped chervil and sage.

Note: Sacred grass is another name for sage.