Vegan Bifteck Sauté Béarnaise

[Vegan Pan-broiled Steak with Béarnaise Sauce] ...this was a super quick dinner...prepared while we were repainting the kitchen so sorry for the glaring light of the spotlight as all our kitchen lights were removed...

...sauté the vegan steak...we're using a pretty basic beef flavored seitan...

...then deglaze the pan with some vegan stock...or Julia says you can use a dry white wine or vermouth if you want...

...then boil that down to just a few tablespoons...

...make your vegan béarnaise sauce...and add the reduced stock back to it a few droplets at a time...

...it will colour it slightly brownish...

...then just pour it over your vegan bifteck...Julia says to serve with sautéed potatoes and watercress...but it's definitely a mashed potatoes and peas sort of meal for me...as it reminds me of Mom's cube steak meal when we were little...

...so that's what we had with it...

...it's definitely a delicious comforting home-y meal...

Substitutions:
...for the vegan bifteck we used the seitan from the VEGAN BIFTECK SAUTÉ AU BEURRE
Vegan beef stock - we used Washingtons Brown
almond milk for the béarnaise

Recipe here: Mastering the Art of French Cooking p. 295