Red Wine Sauce

Name: Red Wine Sauce
Yield: Serves 12 to 16 (Makes about 2 cups)
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 5 pieces and chilled; 12 ounces, beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 tablespoons, tomato paste; 2 cups, red wine; 2 cups, beef broth; 1 , shallot, sliced thin; 2 tablespoons, soy sauce; 1 1/2 tablespoons, sugar; 6 sprigs, fresh thyme; 2 1/2 teaspoons, cornstarch; 1 tablespoon, cold water; , Salt and pepper

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2018

Sauces

A holiday-worthy sauce.

SERVES12 to 16 (Makes about 2 cups)

TIME45 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Browning beef stew meat added savory, beefy depth. A shallot and a bit of sugar balanced some of the tannins from a hefty amount of earthy red wine. Whisking in cornstarch and extra butter to finish gave the sauce an unctuous, velvety textu...

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