Madeira Game Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Chop the onions and fry in butter, once softened, add the mushrooms, until golden brown. Sprinkle in the flour, gradually add warmed stock and mix well. Cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the Madeira in the last 5 minutes of cooking. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with roast meat or steak.

Steps:

• In small saucepan melt butter over med-low heat. Stir in flour then blend in stock.
• Cook over med. heat until bubbly about 5 minute.
• Add jelly and stir until melted.
• Add Madeira and heat to just boiling.
• Serve over meat.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the shallots. Cook gently over low heat for about 2 minutes, until the shallots are soft but not brown.
• Add the Madeira, bring the mixture to a boil and reduce it by half to concentrate the flavor. Mix in the demiglace, return the mixture to a boil and add the dissolved potato starch and salt and pepper to taste.
• Just before serving, add the chopped truffles and Cognac. Bring the mixture to a boil, cover tightly to prevent the aroma from evaporating and serve as soon as possible with the truffled potatoes Sarladaise (see recipe) or with meat.

Steps:

• Remove broiler pan and put chicken stock in it.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Cut hens into halves and season with salt and pepper. Brush with butter and sprinkle with oil and place in broiler about 6 inches from heat for 35-30 minutes; turning and basting every 10 minutes.
• The hens will be done when juices run clear or yellow.
• Remove to a warm serving dish, cover with foil and keep in the turned off oven while finishing the sauce.
• Deglaze the broiler pan with the madeira wine, scraping bottom of pan with a fork to gather all sediment.
• Set pan over heat and warm and stir in cream by spoonfuls. Simmer 3 minutes and taste. Add salt and pepper.
• Use cornstarch, if you with to thicken, by diluting with 1-2 tablespoons cold water.
• Take hens out of oven and serve with the sauce drizzled over it.

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup chicken stock to simmer in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add mushrooms; soak 30 minutes. Drain mushrooms, reserving mushrooms and liquid separately.
• Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 400°F. Rub 1 tablespoon butter over outside of each game hen. Place in roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until juices run clear when thickest part of thigh is pierced, about 55 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and sauté until tender, about 4 minutes. Add tomato paste; stir 2 minutes. Pour in reserved mushroom liquid, leaving any sediment at bottom of bowl. Add beef stock, Madeira, thyme sprigs and 1 cup chicken stock. Simmer until reduced to thin sauce consistency, about 25 minutes. Stir in reserved mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve hens with mushroom sauce.

Steps:

• Place the red wine into a saucepan; add the other ingredients and leave to stand for at least an hour (the longer the better to allow the spice to infuse).
• Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes until the sugar dissolves and the sauce has a gelatinous texture.
• Serve warm with your favourite game!

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter and when it is gently bubbling, add the flour, stirring constantly until brown and smooth.
• Add beef stock and wine - keep stirring and stir until thickened. Takes about 15 minutes over medium heat.(This step is more fun while you are sipping some of the Madeira wine that you are using in your recipe).
• In a separate pan, saute mushrooms in 4 tablespoons of butter until "fork tender." Add these to the sauce.
• Serve warm over beef tenderloins, beef kabobs, etc.