Port Wine Sauce

Name: Port Wine Sauce
Yield: For 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 wineglasses of port; a bay leaf; a sprig of thyme; ¼ pint (1 ½ dl.) good brown sauce; juice of an orange; juice of half a lemon; ½ teaspoon grated orange zest; a teaspoon of chopped chives or shallots

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookery of England

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1975

About

A traditional Edwardian recipe which probably originated much earlier, very good with grouse, partridge or wild duck.

Ingredients

2 wineglasses of port
a sprig of thyme
a bay leaf

Europe
United Kingdom
Sauce
England

Method

Boil the port with the thyme, bay leaf and chives or shallots to reduce to half the quantity of the wine. Add the orange and lemon juice and the zest, stir in the sauce and simmer for 3 minutes. Strain and serve.