Easy Demi-Glaze Sauce
Comments: A classic of French cuisine, the basis for quite a few sauces, served as is along with roast beef and steaks.
For this sauce, brown or Spanish sauce is needed.
Servings: 2 1/2 cups [625 mL]
IngredientsPreparation
  • 3 cups [750 mL] brown or Spanish sauce
  • 5 cups [1.25 L] beef broth or consomme
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] mushroom scraps
  • 5 tablespoons [75 mL] Madeira wine
  • Pour brown or Spanish sauce and beef broth or consomme into a large casserole; add mushroom scraps.
  • Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat.
  • Lower heat and leave sauce to simmer slowly for 30 minutes, until reduced to 1/3rd of its volume.
  • Stir in Madeira wine before straining sauce through a small sieve altready lined with cottoncheese cloth, into a sauceboat.
  • Sauce is now ready to be used.