Sauce au Porto (Port Wine Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 and a half décilitres Port wine
- 1 spoonful shallots
- 1 sprig thyme
- juice of 2 oranges
- juice of half a lemon
- 1 teaspoonful grated orange zest
- 1 pinch salt
- a point of Cayenne
- 5 décilitres good thickened veal gravy
Instructions
- Reduce the Port wine by half with the chopped shallots and the sprig of thyme.
- Add the orange juice, the lemon juice, the grated orange zest, the salt and a point of Cayenne.
- Pass this reduction through muslin.
- Add it to the thickened veal gravy.