Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2014
The beauty of a pan sauce is that it needs only a few ingredients and a little bit of time to taste deeply savory.
A red wine pan sauce is a quick and easy way to make a normal seared steak or chop something special. One key is to incorporate the cooked-on juices and browned bits (called fond) left in the pan after searing; this will give the sauce a de...