Gordon Ramsay's SECRET to a Great Red Wine Reduction

[@cheeseball-44]

Make sure it's an aged balsamic vinegar, or you'll have to add in sugar or reduce it before adding it

[@noahschaeffer5658]

Why? Won’t the vinegar and water just evaporate in normal balsamic vinegar

[@cheeseball-44]

@noahschaeffer5658 it does still be quite acidic. I reduce it mixed with sugar and put it back in the bottle to use in sauce recipes

[@thereallim1942]

Could you use red wine vinegar? It's all I have in the fridge. I'm not at the legal age to buy red wine and my parents won't buy it for me but I wanna try making the Red Wine Reduction.

[@RodriguezStrength]

When you reduce. Are you simmering? Or boiling? Not sure I totally understood that part. I'm confused about reducing. Not sure if to boil the entire time or boil and then lower to a simmer? Thanks!

[@aspiringelephant]

Good question. Chef, Marco Pierre White is a big advocate for high heat when reducing but many chefs will say otherwise. I like to simmer if it's something like a red wine reduc. If it's taking too long or just not becoming more viscous feel free to turn the heat up a touch. Just make sure to keep an eye on it - a burnt red wine sauce is not tasty.

[@RodriguezStrength]

@@aspiringelephant thank you!

[@skatefreek2713]

Ramsey's my idol

[@aspiringelephant]

He's a legend

[@pablorees7529]

Cold steak?

[@kconklin88]

Yummmm!

[@aspiringelephant]

❤️

[@czups3623]

Hi! I absolutly love your videos, but I just wanted to let you know that lightning on your videos seems not warm enough for food content and because of that I think it's less pleasant to watch. The sauce seems lovely though!

[@aspiringelephant]

Appreciate the feedback 🙂

[@colinpiper4386]

After 15 mins the steak would have been too cool 🤷🏻

[@peaceONearth365]

👍👍👍

[@aspiringelephant]

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[@CrustyPBnJ]

When a straight streak is left, it's perfect. When a wavy or curved streak is left, it's not right. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@aspiringelephant]

It was actually quite lovely 😉

[@CrustyPBnJ]

​​​@aspiringelephant I'm not saying it wasn't good, but not gourmet standards. And definitely not Gordon Ramsay's standards, he has literally mentioned this several times.

[@DocR16]

​@CrustyPBnJ the red wine reduction is Gordon's recipe. Before you get all critical and pretend to be a michelin star rater, taking some classes on reading comprehension would benefit you. The title is literally right there.

[@igottabasketballjones7420]

If you like your steaks MR, you should pull them off the heat sooner, I think.

[@aspiringelephant]

lol I was hoping no one would notice. Yea, they were on for about 2 minutes too long.

[@igottabasketballjones7420]

@@aspiringelephant yeah, you weren’t far off. Nice job on that sear too, that’s about as good as it gets! Finished plated made me hungry for steak!

[@aspiringelephant]

Appreciate you