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     Title: PINE APPLE INN & BAKEHOUSE'S BURGUNDY SHALLOT
Categories: Sauces, Meats
     Yield: 4 servings

     4    To 6 med shallots
     1    Clove garlic
          Olive oil
     2 tb Balsamic Vinegar
     2 c  Good quality Burgundy Wine
     4    Sprigs fresh Thyme
     3 c  Reduced brown veal stock
          Salt
          Pepper
     1 ts Or 2 unsalted butter
          - optional

 1. Peel and finely slice shallots. Peel garlic.

 2. Saute shallots and garlic in a little hot oil over
 medium heat for 2 to
    3 minutes.

 3. Deglaze pan with balsamic vinegar and reduce until
 vinegar almost disappears. Add wine and thyme. Bring
 to boil then simmer slowly until shallots have
 absorbed all the wine.

 4. Add veal stock, bring to boil and simmer slowly
 until reduced to a third of its original volume. With
 a small ladle skim  off any scum that rises to the
 top. Remove from heat, discard garlic and thyme.

 5. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with
 grilled beef or veal. Sauce can be enriched by
 whisking in 1 or 2 teaspoons ( to taste ) of unsalted
 butter. Makes 2 cups sauce or 4 to 6 servings.
  This dish was published by Toronto Star Starweek,
 Mary McGrath's Chef's Showcase in the issue of March
 12-19, 1994

  The recipe was requested by Al Malinauskas of
 Thornhill, Ontario who writes:

  "My wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding
 anniversary last summer at the Pine Apple Inn &
 Bakehouse. (149 Main St., Unionville, Ontario (416)
 940-6639) "The grilled Alberta steak was done to
 perfection and the Burgundy Shallot Sauce with it was
 simply the best that I have ever enjoyed"

  Credit for the cooking goes to chef David Watt who
 apprenticed at The Ritz Hotel in London, England, and
 then came home to work at Sansoucci in the Sutton
 Place Hotel before opening The Pine Apple Inn in
 Unionville in 1991 with James Horner and Allan Bell.
 They describe the style of cooking here as "a mixture
 of old and new".

  Typed into Meal Master format by Eric Decker March
 19, 1994.

  Editor's note: For those of you who wonder what an
 Aberta steak is, I encourage you to substutite a Texas
 steak if you can't get the Alberta version [ real
 thing :-) ]. Both are mighty good snackin'

  ps. Happy 25th Anniversary Al, I hope you and your
 sweetheart have another 25 or 50 together.

  Posted by Eric to Fido Cooking Echo March 19, 1994
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