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Chef Mick's Chipotle-Encrusted Bison with Port Wine Sauce
Description
Chef Michaelangelo (Mick) Rosacci of Tony's Market in Denver created this inspired combination of flavors and textures: tender bison steaks coated with a zesty dry rub of crushed dried jalapeno and spices, grilled, and napped in a silky smooth port wine sauce garnished with sweet tart berries. Kudos to the chef!Ingredients
Serves
6-8
For the bison:
- 6-8 bison or beef tenderloin or rib eye steaks (allow about 8 ounces per person)
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 dried chipotle, toasted and crushed
- 2 teaspoons black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon pink peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1 teaspoon whole cumin
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- 3-6 shallots, minced
- 1 – 1 1/4 cups Port wine
- 1 1/2 ounces Demi-Glace Gold® dissolved in 1 cup hot water
- Salt and ground black pepper
- Fresh berries for garnish
Methods/steps
- Pat the steaks dry with paper towels. Blend the minced garlic with olive oil and rub the mixture on the steaks. Make a dry rub by crushing the chipotle, black and pink peppercorns, sea salt, and cumin together in a mortar and pestle (or grind them coarsely in a spice grinder or food processor). Sprinkle the steaks generously with the dry rub and rest them at cool room temperature for 2 hours, if time allows.
- While the steaks rest, make the port wine sauce: In a medium saucepan, sauté the shallots in 2 teaspoons of the butter until soft. Add the Port and simmer to reduce by 1/2 - 3/4. Stir in the dissolved Demi-Glace Gold®, simmer to heat through, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Whisk in the remaining butter. Keep the sauce warm in a thermos until serving time, or reheat it gently over low heat.
- Grill the steaks over direct medium-high coals, searing them about 3-4 minutes per side, then transfer them to indirect heat to finish. Remove the steaks from the grill at 120 degrees internal temperature for rare or 130 degrees for medium rare.
- Rest the steaks, covered, on a plate for about 5-10 minutes. To serve, drizzle the steaks with port wine sauce and garnish with berries.

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Additional Tips
Notes from Chef Mick: