Bordelaise Style Sauce With Mushrooms
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 tablespoons shallots, minced (about 1 small-to-medium shallot)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic (about 2 medium cloves)
- 2 cups sliced cremini mushrooms or 2 cups button mushrooms
- 1 cup beef broth (homemade or low-sodium if possible)
- 1⁄3 cup hearty red wine
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 1⁄4 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme (to taste)
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- salt, to taste
directions
- Melt 1 tbsp butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add shallot and garlic and cook until soft and translucent, 3-5 minutes.
- Add remaining butter and allow to melt. When melted, add mushrooms and stir to coat. Cook, stirring frequently, until mushrooms soften and begin to exude liquid, about 5 minutes.
- Add beef broth, wine, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, thyme and pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium-low and simmer until reduced by about half, 45-60 minutes. Taste and correct seasoning if needed. (A splash of soy sauce instead of salt adds another dimension and is an alternative if needed.) Remove bay leaf before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!