Date & red wine sauce

Date & red wine sauce

This red wine sauce from Gordon Ramsay makes the perfect accompaniment to a Christmas goose

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in about 20-30 minutes

Method

  1. Boil down the chicken stock, red wine, port and balsamic vinegar by two-thirds. Meanwhile, cover the dates with boiling water, leave for 5 mins and then drain. Strain the reduced stock and return to the pan with the soaked dates. Simmer sauce for 3-5 mins, then check seasoning and keep warm.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2005.

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  • 03 April 2012

    orangeblossom rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I was slighty disappointed with my result (practice makes perfect), my family thought it was lovely but I think next time I will try it with less dates. The sweet savoury flavour went well with the partridge we had for xmas dinner.

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  • 06 September 2012

    Buck rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is so good

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  • 25 December 2012

    Darkginger commented on this recipe

    It's become a Christmas tradition for me to leave a comment on this recipe - having it yet again today - 3rd year running, and it's as good as ever! Merry Christmas all :)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in about 20-30 minutes

Wonderfully rich

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