One of my favorite restaurants in Las Vegas {Firefly} for hanging with friends serves this amazing dish of bacon wrapped dates with a red wine reduction and blue cheese. Can you say O-M-G!
The drive is about 20 minutes to get there and this lazy butt hates to drive so I will make this dish at home when I feel the craving coming.
We don’t drink a lot of red wine and it collects dust in our home waiting for someone to drink it. And the dust builds… until I decide to make some sauces! And no, I don’t drink while I cook because I don’t drink wine. But I MIGHT have a nip {or two} when I make my vodka pie crust!
This is a basic red wine reduction recipe — no matter which cooking site you view they are all fairly the same with a few variations {some will have you add thyme or rosemary at the end}.
Red Wine Reduction
Red Wine Reduction
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup shallots, minced
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 cup beef broth
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Add the butter and melt to lightly coat the bottom of a saute pan and add shallots
- Saute the shallots until translucent
- Add the red wine and the broth to the pan and cook until reduced by half
