Bordelaise Sauce

Name: Bordelaise Sauce
Yield: Makes 500-600 ml - enough for 8 portions
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 small bay leaf; 3 sprigs thyme; salt; 60 g beef bone marrow, soaked in salted water overnight and cut into 1cm slices; 30-40 g cold unsalted butter, finely diced; 750 ml demi-glace; 1 tablespoon finely chopped curly-leaf parsley; a few drops of red wine vinegar; a pinch of coarsely cracked black pepper; 50 g eschalots, finely chopped; 300 ml dry red wine, such as cabernet sauvignon or shiraz

Preparation info

Makes 500-600 ml - enough for
8
portions

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

French

By Damien Pignolet

Published 2005

About

This is the classic sauce for grilled or roasted beef.

Ingredients

300 ml dry red wine, such as cabernet sauvignon or shiraz
50 g eschalots, finely chopped

Europe
Oceania
France
Australia
Sauce
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

In a saucepan, reduce the first 5 ingredients by ½ and strain through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan.
Meanwhile, poach the bone marrow in near-boiling salted water for 1 minute. Drain on kitchen paper.
Add the demi-glace to the pan containing the reduction and simmer very gently for 15 minutes - no further reduction is required.
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