Red wine essence

Submitted by Greffete

"A rich wine essence which is so concentrated that a tablespoon or two is sufficient for one serving. This sauce can wow simple food like beef, venison, poultry or lamb. This is a great way to use leftover ends of bottles of red wine."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 cup

ingredients

• 1 medium onion, coarsley chopped
• 1 carrot, coarsley chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 celery rib, coarsley chopped
• 1 apple, coarsley chopped
• 2 teaspoons flavorless vegetable oil
• 2 (750 ml) bottles dry red wine
• 1 (750 ml) bottle ruby port
• 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth or 1 cup sodium-free chicken broth

directions

1. In a heavy large saucepan, combine onion.
2. carrot, celery, garlic, apple and oil.
3. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have begun to release their juices, about 8 minutes.
4. Uncover, increase heat to moderate, and saute vegetables, stirring frequently, until caramelizes to a deep golden brown.
5. Add wine and port, increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
6. Turn heat down to a low boil and reduce wine to about 1 cup.
7. This will take about 2 hours.
8. Strain wine into a small saucepan and add chicken broth.
9. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until reduced to 1 cup, about 45 minutes longer.
10. (for a more concentrated sauce, you can reduce to 1/2 cup).
11. Serve sauce hot.
12. Sauce will keep refrigerated for 1 month.

Reviews

[rosslare]

Awesome! Pears beautifully with a fillet stake. The wine I used was slightly substandard to be enjoyed drinking and had been sitting in the fridge, abandoned, for a while. This recipe turns even cheap wine to new hights. Cheapest port you find will also do very well. Exquisite!

 

[cylee]

This is DELICIOUS!!! HOWEVER it is VERY difficult in my house to procure TWO bottles of red (and a bottle of port) for a recipe. Still apologizing to BF for missing bottles...(therefore the lack of fifth star!!) Freeze in scoops carefully wrapped.

 

[KitchenWitch]

lovely! But I have to ask...leftover wine?