Cooking With Cognac

I recently discovered the joys of cooking with Cognac! I tried a variation of something Alton Brown did to make a pan sauce for steak. The thing I did different was I used beef broth instead of chicken broth and I didn't have cream.

If you don't know the technique on making a pan sauce, there is information for it here:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27523,00.html?rsrc=search

I didn't even come close to following the recipe exact. Once you know the technique, you can play with the amounts and ingredients. But this is a good place to start. I began by following recipes for making sauces like this, and then branched out once the technique became ingrained.