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Metaxa sauce

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 bell pepper(s)
  • 150 g mushrooms
  • 1 onion(s), red
  • 250 ml red wine
  • 200 g tomato paste
  • 220 ml Metaxa
  • 4 tbsp ajvar
  • 200 g sour cream

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Finely chop the mushrooms and dice the bell peppers. Peel and dice the onion. Heat a pan with oil and sauté the onions and bell peppers. Add the mushrooms and sauté. Then deglaze with red wine. Add tomato paste and stir. Season with salt and pepper and add the Metaxa. Carefully (!) light the alcohol and let it burn. Then purée the sauce lightly. Add the paprika paste and finally stir in the sour cream.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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