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Easy Peppercorn Sauce

Based on the classic French steak sauce, our easy peppercorn sauce recipe is ready in minutes.
A rich creamy peppercorn sauce made with simple ingredients, butter, shallots, garlic, peppercorns, brandy, stock and cream. We also give advice for making peppercorn sauce without brandy.
Peppercorn sauce for steak is the obvious way to serve, but it can also be served with chicken, vegetables, mushrooms or as a pasta sauce.
Prep Time2 mins
Active Time13 mins
Total Time15 mins
Course: Sauce, Side Dish
Cuisine: French
Keyword: cream sauce, french sauce, pan sauce, peppercorn sauce with brandy, peppercorn sauce without brandy, Steak Sauce
Yield: 6 Servings
Calories: 271kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Materials

  • 2 tablespoon Butter
  • 2 Shallots Finely chopped
  • 1 clove Garlic Finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Peppercorns We used a mix of pink, white & black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoon Brandy See blog post for alternatives
  • 250 ml Beef Stock
  • 250 ml Double cream
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Crack peppercorns in a pestle and mortar
    1 tablespoon Peppercorns
    freshly crushed peppercorns, black, white and pink crushed in a pestle and mortar
  • If using a pan that steak or chicken has been cooked in, do not clean it out first, the steak remnants add great flavour to the pan sauce!
    Add butter to the pan
    2 tablespoon Butter
  • Add chopped shallots and garlic, cook on low heat until soft.
    2 Shallots, 1 clove Garlic
  • Add crushed peppercorns.
  • Add brandy, catch it alight to burn the alcohol away.
    2 tablespoon Brandy
  • Add beef stock turn to high heat.
    250 ml Beef Stock
    Beef stock pouring into a cast iron pan
  • Allow to boil and reduce by half
    Beef stock boiling to reduce peppercorn sauce
  • Turn heat down and add cream
    250 ml Double cream
    cream being added to stock to make peppercorn sauce
  • Stir through until thickened.
    stiring peppercorn sauce whilst it thickens
  • The peppercorn sauce is ready when the sauce clings to the back of a metal spoon. Season with salt if desired.
    Salt
    Using the back of a spoon to check when this easy peppercorn sauce is ready.
  • Great served with Steak, Chicken, Vegetables or as a pasta sauce.

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Nutrition

Calories: 271kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 10051mg | Potassium: 252mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 739IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 1mg