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Bordelaise Sauce

Discussion in 'Food & Cooking' started by petalsandcoco, Feb 22, 2010.

  1. Feb 22, 2010 #1
    petalsandcoco

    petalsandcoco

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    I have been making Sauce Bordelaise this way for some time now and was wondering if it should be tweaked or done another way ? I have been searching on the net to see how others make it and for me my recipe seems to be the long route....

    Makes about one cup. ( This is usually made in large quantities)

    2 ounces of marrow (beef)

    1 ½ cups red wine

    1/3 cup finely chopped shallots

    1 bay leaf

    1/8 thyme

    1/8 fresh ground pepper

    ½ cup of fond lie (accent on “e”)

    ¼ tsp fresh lemon juice

    ½ tsp salt.

    I usually put the beef marrow in a small bowl with cold water and refrigerate for an hour (or water and ice for ½ hour) . Why ? To remove any traces of blood and to firm the marrow for cutting.

    Then in a saucepan I add wine, shallots, bay leaf, thyme, and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook until the mixture has reduced to about ½ cup.

    I then add the fond lie and stir from time to time for 20 minutes or so, then strain through a sieve.

    Then I drain the marrow, pat dry, and cut into ¼ inch dice. Return the sauce to the saucepan, low heat and add marrow, lemon juice and salt.

    My fond lie recipe is as follows:

    brown veal stock, mushrooms, fresh parsley, arrowroot cold water and caramel.
     
  3. Feb 22, 2010 #2
    cape chef

    cape chef

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    I do mine a little different, classically I would use a demi glace, but know I use a glace de viande.
    Pretty much everything else is the same as you make yours.

    To your jus lie, I make mine with a veal stock, that I add instead of water to traditional brown stock ingredients. I don't use lemon, nor make a caramel. Sometimes I don't add the arrowroot slurry because the fond de veau jus lie has enough gelatinous properties on it's own.
     
  4. Feb 22, 2010 #3
    petalsandcoco

    petalsandcoco

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     Cape Chef,

    I was up early making it and was wondering if anything should be changed.....the net did not offer anything . I will treak it next time following your directions.

    Thank you for your insight.