Red Wine Sauce

Red wine sauce recipe - keeping it simple today.

2 tbsp beef fat

600g beef trim/skirt steak

3 shallots

2 carrots

3 celery

4 garlic cloves

Handful of fresh thyme

Handful of fresh rosemary

2 bay leaves

200ml port

500ml red wine

1 litre good quality beef stock

Salt/pepper

Few drops of sherry vinegar

1. To start the sauce, dice the beef trim into small pieces. Heat the beef fat then add the beef trim and caramelise well

2. Add the shallots, carrots, celery and garlic once softened add the thyme, rosemary and bay.

3. Add the port and red wine and reduce by 2/3 then add the beef stock and reduce to a saucing consistency then strain into a fresh pan

4. Finish the sauce with a little splash of sherry vinegar to taste

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