Red Wine Sauce

Name: Red Wine Sauce
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 350 ml good red wine (Cabernet for rich or Merlo for more a more subtle flavour); 250 ml stock or bone broth; 2 Sprigs Thyme; 2 Cloves Garlic; Pinch Salt; 1/2 teaspoon Pepper; 1 Table Spoon of Butter; 2 Table Spoons of Olive Oil

RossR @cook_7528100

A traditional South African red wine sauce.

Perfect for beef or ostrich steaks.

A traditional South African red wine sauce.

Perfect for beef or ostrich steaks.

RossR @cook_7528100

A traditional South African red wine sauce.

Perfect for beef or ostrich steaks.

A traditional South African red wine sauce.

Perfect for beef or ostrich steaks.

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Ingredients

20minutes

4 servings

350 mlgood red wine (Cabernet for rich or Merlo for more a more subtle flavour)
250 mlstock or bone broth
2 SprigsThyme
2 ClovesGarlic
PinchSalt
1/2 teaspoonPepper
1Table Spoon of Butter
2Table Spoons of Olive Oil

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Steps

20minutes

1

Chop Garlic roughly and press with flat of knife blade
2

Heat olive oil on thick based pan until sizzling
3

Add pre prepared garlic and fry until browning
4

Add bone broth (or beef stock) and Thyme
5

Bring mixture up to a boil
6

Add wine once broth has reduced to approximately half the initial volume
7

Let sauce boil until all alcohol has been cooked out
8

Once alcohol is cooked out let the sauce simmer for approximately 15 minutes (if sauce starts to darken too much add more water)
9

Take sauce off of stove and cook steaks.
10

Use sauce to deglaze pan that the steak was cooked in. Let it simmer for a while taking on the flavor of the meat. Simmer until sauce starts to take on a rich brown colour.
11

Strain sauce through sieve to remove garlic bits, thyme and any other bits that have been collected through the cooking process.
12

Add the sauce to a clean pan adding butter, salt and pepper.
13

Let sauce thicken until it is able to coat the back of your spoon.