Marchand De Vin Recipes

BRENNAN'S MARCHAND DE VIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan or Dutch oven and sauté the onion, garlic, scallions and ham for 5 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms, reduce the heat to medium and cook for for 2 minutes.
• Blend in the flour and cook, stirring for 4 minutes, then add the Worcestershire sauce, beef stock, wine, thyme and bay leaf. Simmer very slowly until the sauce thickens, about 1 hour.
• Before serving, remove the bay leaf and add the parsley.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

MARCHAND DE VIN (MUSHROOM WINE SAUCE) FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• STEP 1 - BEEF STOCK:.
• Preheat Oven to 425°F
• Place beef bones in lightly oiled roasting pan and roast for 20 minutes.
• Add unpeeled chopped onion, unpeeled chopped carrots, and chopped celery stalks to bones in roasting pan after 20 minutes. Roast, stirring occasionally to prevent vegetables from burning, until bones are well browned (about another 30 minutes). Pour off fat.
• Remove roasted bones and vegetables to large stockpot.
• Add 1 cup water to roasting pan and deglaze, scraping up brown bits. Add to stock pot. Add additional cold water (6-8 Cups) to cover bones and vegetables.
• Slowly bring to boil. Reduce heat at once to simmer. Simmer partly covered 30 minutes.
• Skim off any foam that has accumulated and add Boquet Garni (Wrap 2 sprigs of thyme or 1 tablespoons dried thyme, 4 sprigs parsley, bay leaf, and 2 cloves in cheese cloth, tie off to make a pouch and add to stock).
• Continue simmering partly covered 6-8 hours. Add additional water to cover and skim foam off top as necessary.
• Strain, cool and refrigerate. You should have 6-7 cups stock. You will need about 5 and 3/4 cups for remainder of recipe. I refrigerate overnight and then continue with next step.
• STEP 2: SAUCE ESPAGNOLE (BROWN SAUCE).
• Skim off accumulated fat from your refrigerated Stock from Step 1 (fat will be on layer on top). Reserve 3 tablespoons fat.
• Melt 3 tablespoons reserved stock fat in saucepan over medium heat. Saute 1/4 cup chopped onion, 2 tablespoons chopped carrots, and 2 tablespoons chopped celery in fat until lightly browned.
• Add 3 tablespoons flour, stirring until browned.
• Add 3 peppercorns, 3/4 cup diced tomatoes (or tomato puree), 2 tablespoons chopped parsley. Stir.
• Add 3 Cups of your Stock from Step 1 (reserve rest in refrigerator for later steps). Increase heat to high, bring to boil, stirring, then reduce heat to simmer.
• Simmer uncovered about 2 hours until sauce is consistency of heavy cream (no thicker) and you have approximately 1.5 to 2 Cups sauce. Skim foam occasionally from top.
• Strain through fine mesh strainer and cool. You can stop and refrigerate overnight (or up to two-three days) at this point or continue on to Step 3 after it has cooled. I usually refrigerate overnight.
• STEP 3: DEMI-GLACE.
• Remove any fat that has accumulated on top of your Brown Sauce from Step 2.
• Add 1.5 Cups brown sauce, 1.5 Cups reserved beef stock from Step 1 (still reserve remaining for final step), and 1/4 Cups chopped mushrooms to a saucepan.
• Bring to simmer, and simmer uncovered about two hours until reduced by half. Skim any foam or fat that rises to top as needed.
• Strain through fine mesh sieve. Stir in 1/4 Cup dry red wine or Madeira.
• Again at this point you can cool and refrigerate until ready to make final Marchand de Vin.
• STEP 4: MARCHAND DE VIN.
• I do this final step while meat is roasting.
• Melt two tablespoons butter over medium heat.
• Add 1 Cup thinly sliced mushrooms. Cook stirring for three minutes.
• Add 3/4 Cup reserved beef stock from Step 1 (heated) and 3/4 Cup dry red wine or Madeira. Simmer 10 minutes.
• Add 1 and 1/2 Cup Demi-Glace sauce from Step 3. Simmer until reduced by about one-third about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm until ready to serve.
• Makes about 2 Cups.

MARCHAND DE VIN

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan and saute the Ham, Onions, Mushrooms, and Garlic over medium heat until the whites of the onions are translucent. Add the flour and cook, stirring often, for about 5-7 minutes. Add the Beef Stock and Red Wine, Bring to a boil. Add seasonings. Let simmer for about 40 minutes. The sauce should coast the back of a spoon.

TUNA STEAK MARCHAND DE VIN

Steps:

• 1. For the white beans, put the beans in a bowl, cover with cold water, and leave overnight to soak. Drain them and put in a large saucepan with the whole onion, bouquet garni, and enough water to cover by 3/4 inch (2 cm). (Add salt only three-quarters through cooking or the beans will be tough.) Bring to a boil, skimming any foam that collects on the surface. Cover the pan and simmer until the beans are nearly tender, 1 to 3 hours depending on the age and type of bean. Stir occasionally as they cook and add more water so at the end of cooking the beans are moist and soupy but not swimming in liquid.
• 2. Just before the beans are tender, heat the oil in a pan, add the chopped onion, and fry until soft but not brown. Stir in the garlic, salt, and pepper and continue cooking 1 minute. Stir this mixture into the beans. When the beans are very tender, discard the whole onion and bouquet garni. Taste and adjust the seasoning. You can cook the beans up to 3 days ahead, storing them in the refrigerator. If you cook the beans ahead, then only the tuna steaks need be sautéed at dinnertime.
• 3. For the steaks, heat the oil in a skillet. Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper and sauté over quite high heat about 2 minutes. Turn and brown the other side, allowing 1 to 2 minutes if you like your tuna rare, or 3 to 4 minutes if you prefer it well done. Transfer the steaks to individual plates and keep warm.
• 4. Allow the pan to cool somewhat before adding the shallots, and sauté, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the garlic and cook 1 minute more. Add the wine and boil rapidly until it is reduced by about half. Stir in the chopped herbs and taste for seasoning. Spoon the sauce over the tuna, pile the beans beside the steaks, and serve.
• Quick fix
• I must confess that I often resort to ready-cooked canned beans, preferably cannellini. Just add the onion and garlic, with plenty of chopped thyme as a personal note.