Rich Brown Sauce 

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A versatile sauce specially suited to accompany your favourite steak meal.

Ingredients:

2 medium chopped onions

1 middle eye bacon rasher, chopped

2 medium chopped carrots

2 sticks celery

2 Tbsp flour

3 cup water

2 Tbsp tomato paste

1 beef stock cube

1 bouquet garni sachet

1 Tbsp mono/polyunsaturated oil

Directions:

Sauté onion, bacon, carrot and celery in oil until slightly browned.

Stir in flour; cook until flour is brown. Slowly add water stirring to obtain a smooth consistency.

Add tomato paste, stock cubes and bouquet garni sachet. Simmer sauce very slowly for 2 hours stirring occasionally.

Remove bouquet garni and blend or sieve through a strainer. Return sauce to pan and boil to reduce quantity if a very thick sauce is needed.

Variations:

For special occasions, 1/4 cup red wine, marsala sherry or madeira can be added to vary the flavour.

Recommended to use in Tournedos recipe.

Nutritional Information is for Sauce only.

Author:

Family Health Publications

Related Recipes:

Tournedos

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