Demi Glaze Sauce

A good base for most meat sauces

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilo beef bones
  • 1 Bottle of red wine
  • 3 Tablespoons tomato puree
  • 1 Tablespoon of redcurrant jelly
  • 2 Onion roughly chopped
  • 2 carrots roughly chopped
  • 1 Stick of celery roughly chopped
  • Bunch of fresh herbs and a bay leaf

Method

  • Roast bones in a medium/high oven with the roughly chopped veg until brown
  • Place bones in a large saucepan, cover with water and bring to a simmer for 3 to 4 hours
  • Pass stock through a stainer into a clean saucepan
  • Add the wine, redcurrant jelly, herbs and tomato puree and bring to a simmer for a further 3-4 hours adding water if required
  • Strain the sauce through a fine sieve
  • Taste and season
  • Cool and use as required(note that once refrigerated the sauce may set depending on the type of bones used)