Bordelaise Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. red wine
1/4 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 Tbsp. butter
salt and pepper to taste
1 c. basic brown beef stock
3 tsp. chopped shallots or yellow onion
2 tsp. parsley, chopped
1 tsp. cornstarch, mixed with 2 tsp. water

Preparation

Place the wine and soup stock together in a small saucepan and reduce the liquid to half.
Saute mushrooms and shallots in butter until tender; add to the wine mixture.
Add parsley, salt and pepper and simmer for a few minutes.
Thicken with cornstarch and water mixture.
Delicious on meats of any kind.
Makes 1 1/2 cups. You may add garlic.