Zinfandel Glaze Recipes

ZINFANDEL GLAZED BBQ BEEF SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season short ribs with salt, pepper, and seasoning mix. Heat a large roasting pan with lid over medium high heat and add oil. Sear ribs in hot oil on all sides until well browned.
• Remove from roasting pan and set aside. Add peppers, onions, celery and garlic and cook until well browned. Deglaze roasting pan with red wine, then add barbeque sauce and stock and bring to a boil. Return ribs to roasting pan and cover tightly with foil. Place in preheated oven and braise for 2 1/2 hours, or until meat is tender when pierced with a fork.
• Remove ribs from sauce and keep warm. Skim fat from the top of sauce and season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over short ribs and serve with horseradish mashed potatoes and sweet corn salad with basil vinaigrette.

SPICED CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH ZINFANDEL

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except cranberries in medium saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer until reduced to 1 3/4 cups, about 10 minutes. Strain syrup into large saucepan. Add cranberries to syrup and cook over medium heat until berries burst, about 6 minutes. Cool. Transfer sauce to medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate until cold. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep refrigerated.)

DUCK WITH SOUR CHERRY GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F.
• Place oven rack in the bottom third of the oven.
• Bring a large stockpot of water to a boil.
• Using a straight-edge razor or an X-acto knife, score the fat on the breast making crosswise slashes every 1/2-inch, being sure not to puncture the flesh.
• Using kitchen twine, truss the duck, leaving enough twine to form a handle.
• Lower the duck into the boiling water for 10 seconds.
• Remove and drain any water that has accumulated in the cavity of the duck.
• Set the duck on a wire rack, breast-side up, in a large roasting pan.
• Add enough water to come 1 inch up the side of the roasting pan.
• This will prevent the fat from smoking as it drips into the roasting pan.
• Season the duck with salt and pepper.
• Roast until the duck is golden brown and most of the fat has rendered, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
• Increase the oven temperature to 500 degrees F.
• Continue to roast duck until the skin is well-browned and crisp, about 10 minutes.
• Remove cooked duck from oven and brush with half of the sour cherry glaze.
• Reserve the remaining half for passing at the table.
• Zinfandel Sour Cherry Glaze: Make ahead In a small saucepan, combine the cherries and vinegar.
• Cook over medium heat until steam rises from the saucepan.
• Remove from heat and set aside until the cherries have re-hydrated.
• Place the sugar in a large skillet over medium heat and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and becomes a light caramel color, about 10 minutes.
• Drain the cherries, reserving the vinegar, and roughly chop; set aside.
• Remove caramel from heat.
• Carefully add the vinegar as it may spatter.
• Stir until the caramel melts.
• Add the wine and simmer over medium-low heat until the mixture has reduced by about 2/3 and is the consistency of a thin syrup.
• Stir in the reserved cherries.
• Whisk in the mustard and salt.
• The glaze may be prepared in advance and stored in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
• The sauce will thicken upon standing; heat gently before serving.
• Yield: about 2 cups of syrup.

ZINFANDEL-GLAZED SHALLOTS

Steps:

• Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over low heat. Add trimmed shallots. Cover and cook until shallots are golden and beginning to soften, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add red wine and sugar and stir until sugar dissolves. Simmer mixture without stirring until liquid is reduced to glaze consistency, swirling skillet occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• Add apple juice to skillet and continue to simmer until shallots are tender and liquid is reduced to glaze consistency, stirring occasionally, about 16 minutes. Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper. (Glazed shallots can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover tightly and refrigerate. Rewarm glazed shallots over low heat before serving.)

WHITE WINE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray and lightly coat with flour.
• Whisk cake mix, pudding mix, 1/4 cup white sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Beat vegetable oil, water, 1/2 cup white wine, and eggs into flour mixture using an electric mixer until batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack, about 1 hour.
• Combine 1/2 cup white sugar, butter, 1/4 cup white wine together in a saucepan immediately after removing cake from oven. Cook sugar mixture, stirring constantly, over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Spoon 1/2 the glaze over cake while cake is still warm.
• Invert cooled cake onto a cake plate and spoon remaining glaze over top of cake. Allow cake to absorb glaze, about 15 minutes. Dust cake with confectioners' sugar.

LAMB SAUSAGE

Steps:

• If using dried beans, cover them by at least 2 inches with cold water and let soak for at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain the beans, put them in a medium pot, and cover by 2 inches with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon salt, lower the heat to medium, cover the pot, and cook until tender, about 1 hour. Drain well if needed.
• If using canned beans, drain them, rinse well in cold water, and drain again.
• Heat a grill pan or sauté pan over high heat. Brush the sausage with 2 tablespoons of the canola oil and grill or sauté until golden brown on both sides and just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons canola oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat, add the shallots and garlic, and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the red pepper and cook for 1 minute.
• Put the beans in a large bowl and add the shallot mixture, vinegar, olive oil, 1/4 cup of the parsley, 2 tablespoons of the mint, and the honey. Season with salt and pepper and stir gently to combine.
• Divide the beans among 4 large dinner plates and top with the sausages. Drizzle with some of the Zinfandel glaze and garnish with the remaining 1 tablespoon chopped parsley and 1 tablespoon chopped mint
• Put the wine in a medium nonreactive saucepan over high heat, bring to a boil, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced to about 1/2 cup, about 30 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, stir in the honey, and let cool slightly. Whisk in the oil and season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.

ZINFANDEL GLAZED BBQ BEEF SHORT RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season short ribs with salt, pepper and seasoning mix. Heat a large roasting pan with lid over medium-high heat and add oil. Sear ribs in hot oil on all sides until well browned.
• Remove from roasting pan and set aside. Add peppers, onions, celery and garlic and cook until well browned, about 10 minutes. Deglaze roasting pan with red Zinfandel, then add BBQ sauce and stock and bring to a boil. Return ribs to roasting pan and cover tightly with foil. Place in preheated oven and braise for 2 1/2 hours, or until meat is tender when pierced with a fork.
• Remove ribs from sauce and keep warm. Skim fat from the top of sauce and season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over short ribs and serve.