Best 15 Bordelaise Sauce Recipes

HOW TO MAKE BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place butter and shallots into a saucepan with pinch of salt; cook and stir shallots over medium-low heat until caramelized and browned, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add red wine and bring to a simmer.
• Reduce heat to low; cook until wine is nearly evaporated and pan juices are thick and slightly syrupy. Watch carefully, mixture burns easily. Add veal stock, return to a simmer, and cook until reduced by half and sauce is slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Pour sauce through a fine mesh strainer set over a container. Tap the strainer with a spoon while straining and squeeze out the last remaining drops of sauce from the residue. Season sauce to taste with salt and black pepper.

BORDELAISE SAUCE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and shallot, and cook until the shallot has softened and turned translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter, then stir in the mushrooms once the butter has melted. Cook and stir the mushrooms until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in the beef broth, wine, and Worcestershire sauce; season with the bay leaf and thyme, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Once simmering, season to taste with salt and pepper, reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue to cook, uncovered until the sauce reduces slightly, about 30 minutes. Dissolve the cornstarch in the cold water, and stir into the simmering sauce until thickened. Remove the bay leaf before serving.

STEAKS WITH SAUCE BORDELAISE

Steps:

• Bring broth to simmer in heavy small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add marrow; reduce heat to low and poach gently until marrow looks translucent and gray, about 2 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer marrow to small plate. Refrigerate marrow poaching liquid. Refrigerate marrow until cold and firm, about 45 minutes. Dice marrow finely; cover and chill. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep marrow and poaching liquid chilled.)
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallot and sauté until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add wine and boil until reduced to scant 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes. Transfer reduction to small bowl.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over high heat. Sprinkle steaks lightly with salt and pepper. Add to skillet and sear until cooked to desired doneness, about 3 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to plates. Add wine reduction to skillet and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Reduce heat to medium. Whisk in remaining 3 tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add 1/4 cup reserved marrow poaching liquid and diced marrow. Cook until marrow melts and sauce is smooth, whisking constantly, about 2 minutes. Thin sauce with more poaching liquid by tablespoonfuls, if desired. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over steaks. Sprinkle with parsley.

A CHEAT'S BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour the olive oil into a large saucepan, place over medium-high heat and add the shallot and garlic and then the thyme and bay leaf. Cook until the shallots are light brown, then add the wine, lower the heat and simmer until reduced to about 1/2 cup.
• Add the pan drippings from the chops or the demi-glace if you have it. Simmer for an additional 5 to 10 minutes and then strain into a clean saucepan. Return to medium heat until warm and whisk in the butter and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately drizzled over the pork chops.

JEFF'S BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion, carrots, celery, peppercorns, and cloves in melted butter until onions are browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir flour into the onion mixture; cook and stir until the flour is completely moistened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stream beef broth into the skillet while stirring the onion mixture; cook, stirring continually, until the broth thickens into a gravy, 5 to 10 minutes. Add water to thin the gravy as needed to keep it from becoming paste-like.
• Stir 1 tablespoon parsley into the gravy; continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the parsley imparts flavor to the gravy, 5 to 10 minutes; strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a clean saucepan. Discard vegetables.
• Place the saucepan over low heat. Season sauce with salt, pepper, and most of the remaining parsley. Stir red wine into the sauce.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; saute mushrooms in hot oil until completely tender, about 5 minutes. Stir mushrooms into the sauce; garnish with remaining parsley after spooning over steaks.

BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make a bouquet garni: Tie parsley, thyme, and bay leaf in a small square of cheesecloth. Season meat with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, just until beginning to smoke. Add meat and sear until brown, about 3 minutes per side. Add shallots, garlic, and bouquet garni, and cook until shallots are translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add red wine, and bring to a boil, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook until liquid is dark and syrupy and reduced by one-third, about 10 minutes.
• Add veal stock, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, and cook, skimming as necessary, until the liquid has reduced by two-thirds, about 40 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Store, refrigerated, in an airtight container for up to 1 week or frozen for up to 3 months.

BORDELAISE SAUCE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• Stir in the garlic and shallot, and cook until the shallot has softened and turned translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter, then stir in the mushrooms once the butter has melted.
• Cook and stir the mushrooms until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in the beef broth, wine, and Worcestershire sauce; season with the bay leaf and thyme, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
• Once simmering, season to taste with salt and pepper, reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue to cook, uncovered until the sauce reduces slightly, about 30 minutes.
• Dissolve the cornstarch in the cold water, and stir into the simmering sauce until thickened.
• Remove the bay leaf before serving.

MANHATTAN FILET WITH PAN SAUCE BORDELAISE

Steps:

• Cut all visible pieces of fat from the steak so that only center 'eye' portion of the steak remains. Set steaks aside. Cut all meat from the trimmed fat scraps, discard the fat, and finely chop the meat scraps until they resemble ground beef. Transfer chopped meat to a container and refrigerate.
• Season steaks with black pepper and place on a wire rack set over a tray; refrigerate uncovered, 8 hours to overnight.
• Bring steaks to room temperature and season with salt.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Cook steaks in hot oil until browned on one side, 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-high and turn steaks. Continue cooking until steaks start to firm and are reddish-pink and juicy in the center, 4 to 6 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 130 degrees F (54 degrees C) for medium-rare. Transfer meat to a plate to rest, 5 to 10 minutes. Set skillet aside.
• Place chopped beef scraps in a cold skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Cook and stir until meat is browned and caramelized. Add shallots and a pinch of salt; saute until shallots are golden brown and are softened, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour red wine into skillet and bring to a boil; cook and stir until wine is almost completely evaporated, 2 to 4 minutes. Add chicken broth, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook until reduced by about half, 60 to 90 minutes. Strain sauce into bowl and skim fat that rises to the top.
• Heat empty steak skillet over medium-high heat. Pour the strained sauce into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Season sauce with salt and pepper and continue cooking until reduced and thickened, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and whisk butter into sauce until melted and smooth. Place each steak on a plate and spoon sauce over the top.

BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion slice in butter, stirring constantly, until onion is brown; discard onion.
• Stir flour into butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until flour is bubbly and deep brown; remove from heat.
• Gradually stir in broth and wine. Stir in thyme, parsley, finely chopped onion and bay leaf. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in salt and pepper. Remove bay leaf before serving.

BEEF TENDERLOIN WITH BORDELAISE SAUCE, CARAMELIZED CARROTS AND S

Steps:

• To make the bordelaise sauce, in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Add the shallots and sauté, stirring occasionally, until tender and lightly golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add the pepper, bay leaf and thyme and stir to mix.
• Add the wine, bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add the stock and bring to a simmer, skimming off any excess fat, and cook for 15 minutes.
• Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean saucepan and keep warm over very low heat.
• In a 10-inch fry pan over medium-high heat, melt 1 Tbs of the butter.
• Season the filets with salt and pepper.
• When the butter is hot, add the filets and sear until golden underneath, about 2 minutes.
• Using a pair of tongs, turn the filets, and add the carrot, shallots, the 1/8 tsp pepper, the thyme and bay leaf.
• Cover and cook for 3 minutes for medium-rare, or until done to your liking.
• Transfer the filets to warmed individual plates.
• Continue cooking the vegetables, uncovered, until just tender, 1 minute more.
• Add the sauce, bring to a boil and stir in the remaining 2 Tbs butter.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the thyme sprig and bay leaf and discard.
• Stir in the parsley.
• Spoon the sauce and vegetables around the filets and serve immediately.

SCALLOPS IN SHALLOT SAUCE (COQUILLES ST.-JACQUES BORDELAISE)

Steps:

• Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in large, heavy skillet and add scallops. Cook, shaking skillet often and stirring the scallops so they cook evenly, 3 or 4 minutes.
• Heat remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in second skillet and add shallots and bread crumbs. Cook, shaking skillet and stirring, over relatively high heat until shallots are lightly browned.
• When scallops have cooked 3 or 4 minutes and are well heated throughout, scatter shallot mixture over all and stir gently to blend. Sprinkle with parsley and stir. Cook about 30 seconds and serve.

MAPLE RIB ROAST WITH BORDELAISE SAUCE WITH MUSHROOMS RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Maple Rib Roast: Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F). In a roasting pan, place the roast, with the bones side up. Using a knife, make incisions in the fat. Season the entire surface with salt and pepper. Cover the ends of the bones with aluminium foil. In a bowl, combine maple sugar, mustard and baste the roast with the mixture. In another bowl, combine herbs and pepper and season the entire roast. Roast for 30 minutes to sear the meat. Reduce temperature to 150°C (300°F) and cook for another 2 hours for rare doneness. Wrap the roast in aluminum foil and let sit for 10 minutes prior to carving. Serve with bordelaise sauce. Bordelaise Sauce with Mushrooms: Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and shallot, and cook until the shallot has softened and turned translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter, then stir in the mushrooms once the butter has melted. Cook and stir the mushrooms until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Pour in the beef broth, wine, and Worcestershire sauce; season with the bay leaf and thyme, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Once simmering, season to taste with salt and pepper, reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue to cook, uncovered until the sauce reduces slightly, about 30 minutes. Dissolve the cornstarch in the cold water, and stir into the simmering sauce until thickened. Remove the bay leaf before serving.

MACADAMIA NUT-CRUSTED LAMB CHOPS WITH BORDELAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Trim the meat completely away from the end of the rib, so that part of the bone is exposed. This process is called "frenching" the chop. Next, cut the ribs apart from each other to make individual chops. Season the chops with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a medium saute pan over high heat, then sear the chops on each side until brown. Do not cook chops past rare. Remove chops from pan and lightly coat with the grainy mustard.
• Next, dust the chops with the bread crumb and macadamia mixture. Place chops on a rack, on a baking tray, and put into oven until coating is toasted to a golden brown. They should take approximately 6 minutes. Lamb chops should be cooked until medium rare. For well-done chops, decrease oven temperature and continue to cook for 5 to 6 minutes more.
• Place chops on a bed of couscous. Spoon Bordelaise Sauce over chops and garnish with fresh chopped parsley or chives.
• Bordelaise Sauce: Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Next, add flour and stir until smooth. Continue to stir while cooking for an additional minute. Stir in shallots and herbs, then gradually add broth and wine. Stir constantly while cooking over medium-high heat; until thickened. Remove bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper.
• Now go get schammered on the remaining bottle of red wine.

SAUCE BORDELAISE

Steps:

• Reduce 1 cup red wine, with shallot, bay leaf, and thyme to 2 oz. Add brown sauce and simmer 10 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve and whisk in 2 Tblsp whole butter. Garnish with optional poached marrow.

BORDELAISE SAUCE FOR BEEF

Steps:

• Prepare brown sauce: melt 2 T butter in saucepan, add mirepoix and cook til colored. Add 2 T flour. Stir until the roux is browned. Add the peppercorns, tomatoes, and parsley. Stir and mix well. Whisk in the beef stock. Simmer until reduced by about half. You should have about one cup.
• Sauce the mushrooms lightly and add to the brown sauce.
• Cook together in a saucepan 1/2 cup red wine with 4-5 crushed black peppercorns until reduced by about 3/4.
• Add one cup of the brown sauce to the red wine mixture. Simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add, just before serving: 1/4 cup diced marrow, poached for a few minutes and drained.