red wine sauce
Bordeaux-based gravy alternative
Red wine sauce is a savory sauce made by reducing red wine with stock, aromatics, and often butter or cream.
It's a staple of French cuisine, served with beef, lamb, or game: The steak came with a rich red wine sauce.
The wine's tannins and fruitiness concentrate during reduction, creating depth and complexity.
- reductionMaking something smaller
- bordelaiseSauce from Bordeaux region
- demi-glaceConcentrated French brown sauce
- au jusIn its own drippings
- panShallow cooking vessel
drippings · shallots · beef · beef tenderloin · filet mignon · steak · simmering · velvety · rich · glossy · mushrooms · thyme · rosemary · butter · finishing · deglazing · merlot · cabernet
- saucesgravy, ketchup, mustard, pesto, marinara
- Boozy Cookingcoq au vin, beef bourguignon, boeuf bourguignon, chicken marsala, veal marsala
- game meatvenison, pheasant, quail, wild boar, rabbit
base ingredient
red wine saucewhite wine sauce
Sauce made with pale vintages
cream sauce · béchamel · white sauce · alfredo sauce · hollandaise
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