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Red Wine Reduction
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Red Wine Reduction

Sweated shallot, dry wine with something sweet and vinegar, reduced to a third and thickened with cornstarch into a glossy sauce. As a pan sauce: in the pan the meat was seared in, over the fat left in it, reduce the wine, then the stock.

⏱ 15 min

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Sweat the shallot in a teaspoon of oil in a small skillet for 3 minutes.
    StoveFrying pan
  2. 2
    Add the wine and reduce over medium heat for about 12 minutes, until about a third is left.
    Stove
    💡Reduce over medium heat, not high: the alcohol evaporates, and the sugar doesn't burn at the edges of the pan.
55calories
0 gprotein
2 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 8%● carbs 92%● fat 0%

Per serving (65 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)

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⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Shallot · Date syrup · Balsamic vinegar · Thyme · Stock · Rosemary · butter · Cornstarch for thickening · Water for the starch
  • Frying the shallot in the searing pan: 1 minute
  • Cooking the stock (minutes): 4
  • Sign the sauce is ready: the sauce is glossy and coats the back of a spoon

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