So... here is the backdrop for the menu tonight. We bought a bottle of quite expensive barolo red wine. Oh, joy... what a feast we were going to have! Back home, all snuggled up in the sofa with pillows and blankets, a movie and what not it turned out to be a BIG disappointment! The wine had turned on us. Acid. Yiack!
Turning the disappointment to our advantage, we went trough our fridge in search of meat. Meat and wine in the hands of two patient cooks is bound for success ;) We found some game meat of unknown origin - We got it from my mum a while ago...
These ingredients were at hand (the store was closed today):
- Black-currant syrup
- Cinnamon
- Mushrooms
- Red wine (BAD)
- Mushroom soya (extract)
3/4 bottle of red wine and 0.5 dl sweet black-currant syrup was poured into a hot pan. The meat was chopped in chunky bits and added. The meat simmered in wine for four hours. Keep an eye on it, and add water to ensure that it doesn't cook dry. The mushrooms (we had some of those in the fridge as well) were sizzled in a LOT of butter and added. Add some mushroom extract (about a table spoon - depending on how salty it is) and a tea spoon of crushed cinnamon. Taste it. You may need to add a pinch of salt and some more syrup. It's supposed to be sweet and powerful :)
