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Red Wine Jus Recipe

Published: Oct 11, 2021 · Modified: Nov 23, 2024 by Judith Coates · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Red wine jus is a delicious accompaniment to any meat dish, especially steak. It adds spark to any meat entre!
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Cream colored gravy boat being poured onto beef with a red wine jus sauce.

In French cuisine, jus is a natural way to enhance the flavor of dishes, mainly beef, chicken, veal and lamb. And from personal experience is mouthwatering poured on steak hot when the meat has just finished!

Cream colored gravy boat being poured onto beef with a red wine jus sauce.

Red wine jus is a delicious accompaniment to any meat dish. It adds spark to any meat entre.

"Jus" means the natural juices given off by the food.

To prepare a natural jus, skim off the fat from the juices left after cooking and bring the remaining meat stock and water to a boil.

Jus can be frozen for six months, or longer, but the flavor may suffer if kept longer than this. Ideally, prepare it and use it.

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Cream colored gravy boat being poured onto beef with a red wine jus sauce.

Red Wine Jus Recipe

Judith Coates
Red wine jus is a delicious accompaniment to any meat dish, especially steak. It adds spark to any meat entre!
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course condiment
Cuisine French

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • Finely chopped carrot small onion (or 2 shallots) and stalk of celery
  • A clove of garlic crushed
  • Sprig of thyme
  • A glass of red wine
  • Beef or chicken stock

Instructions
 

  • Heat the olive oil and butter combined in a skillet or other deep-sided pan
  • Add the chopped vegetables, and stir
  • Now add the garlic and thyme, and stir some more so that you gently sauté the vegetables to the point of caramelization, but no further. This will enhance the flavour of the jus.
  • Add the red wine, and cook for a few minutes to allow the alcohol to burn off.
  • Add the stock, slowly, and stir to blend everything together.
  • Allow to reduce for 5 to 10 minutes, to help intensify the flavour. Reduce to about half the original quantity.
  • Remove from the heat and pour the jus through a sieve, and push the vegetables to extract as much juice as possible.TIP: If the jus is not as thick as you would like it, return the jus to the heat and reduce some more, but keep an eye on it, or it will all disappear.You can also stir in a knob of butter at this stage to give the jus a bit more substance.
  • Reheat the jus by popping into a microwave or into a sauce pan on the stove.
  • Pour the finished jus into a gravy boat or jug for the table or, pour directly on the steak or whatever meat you are eating.

Notes

Tips
  • Four parts stock to one part wine.
  • Don't use cheap wine, certainly use something you would happily drink, you are, after all, only going to use a glass of it. The better the wine, the better the jus.
Keyword condiment, flavor enhancer, red wine jus
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