Red wine essence
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.
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INGREDIENTS
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- 2teaspoons flavorless vegetable oil
- 2(750 ml) bottles dry red wine
- 1(750 ml) bottle ruby port
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DIRECTIONS
- In a heavy large saucepan, combine onion.
- carrot, celery, garlic, apple and oil.
- Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have begun to release their juices, about 8 minutes.
- Uncover, increase heat to moderate, and saute vegetables, stirring frequently, until caramelizes to a deep golden brown.
- Add wine and port, increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
- Turn heat down to a low boil and reduce wine to about 1 cup.
- This will take about 2 hours.
- Strain wine into a small saucepan and add chicken broth.
- Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until reduced to 1 cup, about 45 minutes longer.
- (for a more concentrated sauce, you can reduce to 1/2 cup).
- Serve sauce hot.
- Sauce will keep refrigerated for 1 month.
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