Peppery Red Wine Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Crush the peppercorns gently with a mortar and pestle (or place them in a plastic bag and pound them with a mallet).
• In a saucepan on medium heat, add the pepper, red wine, thyme, rosemary and shallot. Bring the liquid to a boil, then lower to the lowest simmer and simmer until reduced by half, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Strain out the solids and return the sauce to the pan over medium heat. Add the butter and whisk until melted. Season with salt. Serve warm.

Steps:

• In 8-inch skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium-high heat. Add shallots; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add wine; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high; cook until mixture coats back of metal spoon, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Stir in broth. Heat to boiling. Reduced heat to medium-high; cook until mixture coats back of metal spoon and is slightly reduced, 8 to 10 minutes longer, stirring constantly.
• With whisk, beat in remaining 4 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Reduce heat to low. Beat in vinegar, mustard and pepper.

Steps:

• Place the bell peppers in the embers of a wood-fired oven or over the direct heat of a grill. Roast until well blistered and charred all over. Place in a bowl, covered with plastic wrap, and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove the skin, seeds, and stem. Reserve any juice. Cut into chunks. Roast the onion, cut side down on the grill or skin side down in the embers, until slightly caramelized. Remove the skin and coarsely chop.
• Combine the peppers, reserved juice, onion, garlic, olive oil, wine, and herbs in a baking dish and place on the floor of the wood-fired oven or over indirect heat on the grill. Cook, uncovered, until liquid is slightly reduced, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool. Place in a blender or food processor and puree. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pushing down on the solids with the back of a large spoon. Season with the honey and salt and pepper to taste. Add the pepper flakes, if you like. Thin with a touch of warm water or vegetable stock if needed. Use warm, or store in portions in self-sealing plastic bags in the refrigerator for 1 week or in your freezer for up to 2 months.