Caramel-merlot Sauce For Filet Mignon

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 cup onion, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 cups merlot or 2 cups dry red wine
• 2 cups veal stock or 2 cups demi-glace
• 4 -6 filet mignon

Recipe

• 1 mix water and sugar in saucepan.
• 2 bring to boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 boil syrup, without stirring until a golden caramel.
• 4 remove pan from heat and slowly add vinegar down side of pan (caramel will steam and harden).
• 5 cook caramel over moderate heat while stirring.
• 6 cook until dissolved (about 3 min).
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 cook onion in butter over moderate heat until golden or caramelized (about 5 mins).
• 9 add wine and boil until reduced to 1 cup (about 15 mins).
• 10 stir in stock or demiglace and boil until mixture is reduced to about 2 cups (about 10 minutes).
• 11 remove pan from heat and stir in caramel.
• 12 pour sauce through a sieve into a bowl.
• 13 serve over filets mignon, cooked to your liking.