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Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• fig
• orange zest
• rhubarb
• fruit pectin
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Inspect 8 half-pint jars for cracks and rings for rust, discard any defective ones. Immerse in simmering water until rhubarb jam is ready. Wash new, unused lids and rings in warm soapy water.
2. 2 Combine figs, port wine, and orange zest in a bowl. Soak for 2 to 3 hours.
3. 3 Combine soaked figs, soaking liquid, and rhubarb in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rhubarb is tender and starts to fall apart, about 3 minutes.
4. 4 Stir in pectin and bring mixture to a full rolling boil over high heat. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Return to a full rolling boil and boil for exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off any foam with a ladle or a large spoon.
5. 5 Pack rhubarb-fig jam into the prepared jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a clean knife or thin spatula around the insides of the jars to remove any air bubbles. Wipe rims with a moist paper towel to remove any spills. Top with lids and tightly screw on rings.
6. 6 Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars 2 inches apart into the boiling water using a holder. Pour in more boiling water to cover jars by at least 1 inch. Bring to a rolling boil, cover, and process for 10 minutes.
7. 7 Remove the jars from the stockpot and place onto a cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart. Let rest for 24 hours without moving the jars. Gently press the center of each lid with a finger to ensure the lid does not move up or down. Remove the rings for storage and store in a cool, dark area.

By UlrikeB

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• cranberry
• brown sugar
• orange

Instructions

1. 1 In a large saucepan, combine the cranberries, brown sugar, orange zest and juice, and port wine. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until the cranberries have popped and the sauce has thickened, about 15 minutes. Cool, and refrigerate overnight before serving.

By Menwith Hill'er Back Home

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• water
• orange juice
• white sugar
• orange
• cinnamon stick
• clove
• pear

Instructions

1. 1 Combine water, port, orange juice, sugar, orange zest, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®). Select Saute function and set timer for 3 minutes, until liquid begins to slightly simmer.
2. 2 Place pears inside the pot. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 8 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
3. 3 Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove lid. Transfer pears to a plate to cool, leaving juices in the pot.
4. 4 Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 10 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
5. 5 Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove lid. Discard cinnamon sticks from the sauce. Place poached pears in bowls and drizzle with port sauce.

By Fioa

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• fruit pectin
• white sugar
• butter
• canning jar
• lid
• ring

Instructions

1. 1 Add port wine to a large saucepan; sprinkle in pectin. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently. Add sugar once boiling; stir until dissolved. Return mixture to a boil; stir in butter until melted. Continue boiling for 1 minute, skimming and discarding any foam that forms on the surface.
2. 2 Inspect 5 (half-pint) jars for cracks and rings for rust, discarding any defective ones. Wash new, unused lids and rings in warm soapy water. Sterilize jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes.
3. 3 Pour jelly into hot, sterilized jars, filling to within ½ inch of the top. Run a clean knife or thin spatula around the insides of the jars to remove any air bubbles. Wipe rims with a moist paper towel to remove any residue. Top with lids and screw rings on tightly.
4. 4 Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then carefully lower the jars into the pot using a holder. Leave a 2 inch space between the jars. Pour in more boiling water to cover jars by at least 1 inch. Bring to a rolling boil, cover, and process for 10 minutes.
5. 5 Remove the jars from the stockpot and place onto a cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart, until cool. Once cool, press the center of each lid with a finger to ensure that the seal is tight (and the lid does not move up or down). Store in a cool, dark area.

By Mama Smith

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• butter
• portobello mushroom
• heavy cream
• basil

Instructions

1. 1 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until tender. Stir in port; simmer until liquid reduced by half. Stir in cream; simmer until sauce becomes a thick gravy. Stir in basil just before serving.

By Breinn Robert

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• margarine
• sugar
• egg
• vanilla extract
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• peanut butter chips
• semisweet chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. 2 In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg yolks, vanilla and port wine. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Dip each ball in the remaining egg whites. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. 3 Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the oven and immediately place 4 or 5 of the chocolate and/or peanut butter chips into the center of each cookie. Return to the oven for 2 more minutes to melt the chips. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

By Maurine

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• pear
• shallot
• garlic
• mustard
• balsamic vinegar
• salad green
• gorgonzola cheese
• walnut

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven's broiler. Arrange pear slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Broil until nicely browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. 2 Pour port wine into a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook until the wine is reduced by 1/2. Remove from the heat and cool. Pour cooled wine into a blender or food processor, and add the shallots, garlic, mustard, and vinegar. Puree until smooth.
3. 3 Divide salad greens evenly between four serving plates. Arrange some of the broiled pear slices over each pile of greens. Sprinkle with Gorgonzola cheese. Drizzle dressing over each plate, then sprinkle with walnuts.

By KATHY A

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• bourbon whiskey
• white rum
• cinnamon stick
• orange peel
• clove
• cardamom pod
• cheesecloth
• white sugar
• raisin
• almond

Instructions

1. 1 Heat port wine in a large stockpot with a lid over medium heat until just below the simmering point. Add bourbon and rum; heat until just below simmering. Save the bottles and their caps for storing leftover glögg.
2. 2 Meanwhile, place cinnamon stick, orange peel, cloves, and cardamom pods in the center of the cheesecloth square. Gather edges of the cheesecloth and tie with kitchen twine to secure; set aside.
3. 3 When wine mixture is very hot but not boiling, carefully light it with a long-handled match. Wearing a heatproof cooking mitt, carefully pour sugar into the flames; let mixture burn for 1 minute. Place the lid on the stockpot to extinguish the flames and turn off the heat. Let mixture cool, covered, about 10 minutes.
4. 4 Add the cheesecloth spice bundle, raisins, and almonds to warm wine mixture; let it cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
5. 5 Strain cooled glögg and reserve the raisins and almonds.
6. 6 To serve: Pour glögg into a saucepan and warm over medium-low heat until hot but not simmering, about 5 minutes. Ladle 3 ounces of warmed glögg into a small coffee cup or a small Swedish-style glögg mug, and garnish each serving with a few reserved raisins and almonds.

By Judy

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• rhubarb
• chipotle pepper
• adobo sauce
• white sugar
• ground pork
• salt
• black pepper
• vegetable oil
• corn husk
• kitchen twine

Instructions

1. 1 Bring rhubarb, chipotle peppers with sauce, ruby port, and sugar to a boil in a saucepan; simmer over medium-low heat until rhubarb is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
2. 2 Blend the rhubarb-chipotle mixture in a blender until smooth. Place ground pork in a large bowl and thoroughly mix 2/3 of the blended sauce into the pork. Season with salt and black pepper.
3. 3 Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Form about 2 tablespoons of the pork mixture into a small patty and pan-fry the patty until browned and no longer pink, about 5 minutes per side. Taste the patty and mix remaining rhubarb-chipotle sauce, salt, and black pepper to taste into the uncooked pork mixture (do not taste uncooked pork).
4. 4 Soak corn husks in warm water in a large bowl until softened, about 10 minutes. Heat a smoker to 250 to 275 degrees F (120 to 135 degrees C) and add wood chips to the smoker.
5. 5 Scoop up about 1/3 cup to a scant 1/2 cup of seasoned pork mixture and form into a sausage shape; place into a soaked corn husk and tie the ends of the husk with twine to enclose the sausage. If husk is too narrow to cover entire sausage, use 2 husks per sausage. Repeat with remaining husks and pork mixture.
6. 6 Smoke sausages in the preheated smoker until thoroughly cooked and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the middle of the thickest sausage reads 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 2 hours.

By gonefishn

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• butter
• onion
• garlic
• thyme
• beef broth
• vegetable oil
• filet mignon steak
• blue cheese
• panko bread crumb

Instructions

1. 1 Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and thyme. Cook, stirring constantly, until onion is tender. Stir in the beef broth, scraping any onion bits from the bottom of the pan, then stir in the port wine. Bring to a boil, and cook until the mixture has reduced to about 1/2 cup. Set aside. This may also be made ahead of time, and reheated.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Heat oil in a cast-iron or other oven-safe skillet over high heat. Sear steaks quickly on both sides until brown, then place the whole pan into the oven.
3. 3 Roast steaks in the oven for about 15 minutes for medium rare - with an internal temperature of 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). You may adjust this time to allow the steaks to finish just below your desired degree of doneness if medium is not what you prefer. Remove from the oven, and place on a baking sheet. Stir together the panko crumbs and blue cheese. Top each steak with a layer of this mixture.
4. 4 Preheat the oven's broiler. Place steaks under the preheated broiler until the cheese topping is browned and bubbly. 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the oven, and let stand for at least 15 minutes before serving. Serve with warm port wine sauce.

By HEBEGEBE

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• egg yolk
• white sugar
• mascarpone cheese
• heavy cream
• coffee-flavored liqueur
• rum
• chocolate sandwich cookie
• cocoa powder

Instructions

1. 1 Beat egg yolks in the bowl of a double boiler until fluffy. Beat sugar into egg yolks until incorporated; beat in wine. Heat egg mixture over the double boiler until the cream thickens and small bubbles appear, about 5 minutes.
2. 2 Stir the mascarpone cheese with a rubber spatula in a bowl until creamy. Pour egg mixture over the cheese; beat until filling is smooth.
3. 3 Beat cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold into cheese mixture.
4. 4 Combine coffee-flavored liqueur and rum in a small bowl. Dunk enough cookies in the liquor to create a layer across the bottom of a baking pan; arrange cookies in the baking pan to create a cake base. Cover cookies with half of the filling. Dunk a second layer of cookies; arrange on the filling. Top with remaining filling; sprinkle with cocoa powder.
5. 5 Place in the refrigerator until chilled, 3 to 4 hours.

By Mama Whitehall

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• red wine
• cinnamon stick
• clove
• orange peel
• white sugar
• rum
• brandy
• raisin
• almond

Instructions

1. 1 Gently simmer the red wine, port wine, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and orange peel in a large pot set over medium-low heat. Stir in the sugar, rum, and brandy. Continue simmering 5 minutes more, stirring to completely dissolve the sugar, and the mixture is steaming but not boiling.
2. 2 Mix the raisins and almonds together in a bowl.
3. 3 To serve, ladle into coffee cups or Swedish-style small glass or ceramic mugs. Garnish each cup with a spoonful of the raisin and almond mixture.

By Myleen Sagrado Sjdin

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• cranberry
• turbinado sugar
• orange juice
• water
• dark corn syrup
• lime juice
• cinnamon stick
• orange zest
• clove
• pomegranate seed

Instructions

1. 1 Combine cranberries, sugar, orange juice, water, corn syrup, port wine, lime juice, cinnamon sticks, 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest, cloves, and 1/4 the pomegranate seeds in a heavy pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries pop and sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes.
2. 2 Taste the sauce and add more sugar, corn syrup, or port wine if desired. Remove cloves or cinnamon if the taste is overpowering at this point and add more port wine or lime juice.
3. 3 Continue to simmer sauce, stirring occasionally, until desired consistency is reached, 15 to 30 minutes. Remove pot from heat and cool, about 30 minutes. Sauce will thicken as it cools. Remove cinnamon sticks and cloves if still in sauce. Stir remaining pomegranate seeds into sauce and garnish with remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest.

By LaurenRae

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• quince
• clove
• water
• cinnamon stick
• white sugar
• heavy cream

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Press 3 cloves into each quince half; place quince, cut-sides down, into a roasting pan. Add water, wine, and cinnamon sticks to the pan; sprinkle sugar over fruit.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Flip quince halves; continue baking until tender, about 10 minutes more. Cool quince slightly, about 10 minutes.
4. 4 Serve each quince half with 1 tablespoon juice from the roasting pan; dollop halves with whipped cream.

By constantina

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• onion
• garlic
• water
• chicken bouillon
• pork roast
• olive oil
• potato
• carrot
• butter
• bay leaf
• sugar
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Cook and stir onion and garlic in a skillet over medium heat until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Combine onion mixture, hot water, and chicken bouillon in a bowl.
2. 2 Place roast in same skillet used for onion mixture; cook over medium heat until roast is browned on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes.
3. 3 Place roast in a slow cooker and drizzle olive oil over top. Arrange potatoes and carrots around roast. Pour broth mixture over roast; add butter, bay leaves, sugar, salt, and black pepper. Pour wine over entire mixture.
4. 4 Cook on High for 4 to 5 hours. Change setting to Low and cook for 2 to 3 hours more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

By _Happy_Cook_

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• ground beef
• evaporated milk
• bread crumb
• worcestershire sauce
• onion soup mix
• ketchup
• brown sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Mix ground chuck, evaporated milk, bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, and soup mix together in a bowl until well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. 2 Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
3. 3 Form meat mixture into approximately 36 small meatballs. Place meatballs onto a baking sheet.
4. 4 Broil meatballs in the preheated oven until just browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn meatballs over and broil until browned on the other side, about 2 minutes more. Remove from the oven and transfer meatballs to a slow cooker.
5. 5 Combine ketchup, brown sugar, port wine, and remaining 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir until dissolved, about 2 minutes.
6. 6 Pour sauce over meatballs in the slow cooker. Cook on High until meatballs are no longer pink in the middle and sauce is thick, at least 1 hour or longer if desired. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (71 degrees C).

By dana

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• sugar
• water
• water
• water
• white sugar
• bacon
• cinnamon stick
• lemon peel
• egg yolk

Instructions

1. 1 Heat 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan over high heat without stirring. Reduce heat to low when sugar reaches an amber color, being careful to avoid burning. Carefully add 1 tablespoon water, stir, and remove from heat. Pour caramel into a lidded pudding pan, making sure to coat the entire inside of the pan.
2. 2 Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Add 2 cups sugar, bacon, cinnamon, and lemon peels. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Slowly heat syrup to 217 degrees F (103 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped in cold water forms a thin thread.
3. 3 Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C) while syrup is cooking.
4. 4 Pass egg yolks through a sieve into a bowl.
5. 5 Heat port wine in a small saucepan over medium heat until it reduces by half, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
6. 6 Pour the cooled port wine into the yolks, stirring as little as possible to avoid losing the color of the yolks.
7. 7 Remove syrup from heat when it reaches 217 degrees F (103 degrees C). Pour into a bowl through a sieve to remove other ingredients. Allow syrup to cool slightly.
8. 8 Pour yolk mixture into the bowl with the syrup. Pass the mixture through the sieve into a bowl. Pour mixture into the caramel-lined pudding pan. Cover the pan tightly with 2 layers of aluminum foil and the lid. Set the pan into a baking pan filled with an inch of water.
9. 9 Bake pudding in the preheated oven until set, about 1 hour. Add water to the baking pan if necessary. Remove from the oven and place pan on a wire rack. Let pudding cool until center is lukewarm, at least 1 hour. Carefully unmold onto a serving plate. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

By Francisca Azeredo Lobo

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• olive oil
• pork tenderloin
• garlic
• cilantro
• olive oil
• red wine vinegar
• salt
• black pepper
• cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large heavy skillet over high heat. Saute pork until evenly browned, and fully cooked. Transfer to a bowl, and sprinkle with cilantro and garlic; keep warm.
2. 2 In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons olive oil, vinegar and port. Season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne. Whisk until consistency is creamy. Stir into cooked pork, and serve immediately.

By Marlies Monika

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• radish
• carrot
• arugula
• spinach
• mesclun salad greens
• salt
• sugar
• water
• pecan
• olive oil
• salt
• sugar
• cherry
• cabernet sauvignon wine
• beef top sirloin
• black pepper
• salt
• garlic
• grainy brown mustard
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Whisk together 1 tablespoon olive oil, brown mustard, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, cracked pepper, and port wine in a bowl; pour marinade into a resealable plastic bag. Add the beef, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (up to 5 days if necessary).
2. 2 Bring Cabernet wine and dried cherries to a boil in a saucepan, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until wine has reduced to about 1/3 of its original volume, about 20 minutes. Dissolve 1 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt into the wine mixture and pour in extra-virgin olive oil. Remove from heat and let dressing cool.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a sheet pan.
4. 4 Toss pecan pieces in a bowl with water, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl until thoroughly coated. Spread coated pecans into the prepared sheet pan.
5. 5 Bake pecans in the preheated oven until the coating adheres to the nuts and pecans are fragrant and brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from pan and immediately transfer to a large heatproof plate to finish cooling. Be careful, candied pecans are extremely hot. Set pecans aside to cool.
6. 6 Preheat an outdoor grill for very high heat and lightly oil the grate.
7. 7 Remove steak pieces from marinade, shake off excess marinade, and grill until steaks are seared and done to your desired degree of rareness, 1 1/2 to 3 minutes per side. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a steak should read 145 degrees F (65 degrees C) for medium-well. Discard used marinade. Let steaks stand for 5 minutes after grilling before cutting into thin slices.
8. 8 To serve, mix baby greens with shaved carrot and radishes in a salad bowl and divide onto 4 large serving plates. Lay slices of beef in a spoke pattern on top of greens and sprinkle each salad generously with candied pecans. Whisk dressing and drizzle over salads, distributing a few cherries onto each salad.

By Karen Barris Calabro

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• butter
• white mushroom
• shallot
• garlic
• rosemary
• all-purpose flour
• marsala wine
• beef broth
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add mushrooms, shallot, garlic, and rosemary and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
2. 2 Sprinkle flour over the mushroom mixture and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Deglaze the pan by pouring in the marsala, and cook for about 2 minutes.
3. 3 Increase heat to medium, stir in beef broth and port, and cook until sauce starts to reduce and thicken to your preference, 10 to 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, taste, and adjust any of the ingredients to your liking.

By lutzflcat

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• water
• cardamom seed
• cinnamon stick
• clove
• orange
• sugar
• raisin
• almond
• muscatel wine
• brandy

Instructions

1. 1 Bring water to a boil in a pot with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and orange zest; stir in sugar until dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to steep 8 hours to overnight.
2. 2 Place raisins and almonds into a large saucepan. Strain sugar water into raisins, then pour in Muscatel, port, and brandy. Place over medium-high heat and cook until hot but not simmering.
3. 3 Serve warm in a mug with some fruit and almonds in each cup.

By Gwynne

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• angel hair pasta
• butter
• shrimp
• mushroom
• shallot
• white wine
• heavy cream
• garlic
• salt
• sugar
• white pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and rinse under cold water.
2. 2 In a large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat; saute mushrooms until soft. Season with salt to taste; set aside.
3. 3 In a large skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-low heat; cook shrimp for a few minutes. Season with salt to taste; set aside.
4. 4 In a large skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat; saute shallots for a few minutes. Pour in port wine, white wine and cream; allow to cook over medium-low heat until it thickens.
5. 5 Stir in mushrooms, shrimp, garlic, salt, sugar and ground white pepper; toss with pasta and serve.

By Lesly

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• pork loin chop
• salt
• black pepper
• olive oil
• shallot
• thyme
• blackberry juice
• chicken broth
• balsamic vinegar
• cornstarch
• water
• blackberry

Instructions

1. 1 Season both sides pork chops with salt and black pepper. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chops; sear until lightly brown and no longer pink, 2 to 3 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into centers should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Transfer chops to a plate; set aside.
2. 2 Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in the same skillet. Add shallots and thyme; cook and stir until shallots translucent, about 1 minute. Add port wine, blackberry juice, chicken broth, and balsamic vinegar; bring to a boil, scraping any browned bits of food off the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Cook until reduced by one-third, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Stir cornstarch and water together in a bowl until becomes a paste; stir into sauce. Cook and stir until thickened, about 1 minute; reduce heat to low. Stir in blackberries; simmer until just warmed through.
4. 4 Return chops to the skillet; turn to coat in sauce. Serve chops topped with more sauce.

By Scott Koeneman

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• shallot
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• beef broth
• tomato paste
• beef tenderloin roast
• thyme
• bacon
• butter
• flour
• watercress

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In 9 inch pie pan, toss shallots with oil to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Roast until shallots are deep brown and very tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
2. 2 In a large saucepan, combine beef broth and port. Bring to a boil. Cook over high heat until the volume is reduced by half, about 30 minutes. Whisk in tomato paste. Set aside.
3. 3 Pat beef dry; sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper. In a large roasting pan, set over medium heat on the stove top, saute bacon until golden. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels. Add beef to pan; brown on all sides over medium high heat, about 7 minutes.
4. 4 Transfer pan to oven. Roast beef until meat thermometer inserted into center registers 125 degrees F (50 degrees C) for medium rare, about 25 minutes. Transfer beef to platter. Tent loosely with foil.
5. 5 Spoon fat off top of pan drippings in roasting pan. Place pan over high heat on stove top. Add broth mixture, and bring to boil; stir to scrape up any browned bits. Transfer to a medium saucepan, and bring to simmer. Mix 1 1/2 tablespoon butter and flour in small bowl to form smooth paste; whisk into broth mixture, and simmer until sauce thickens. Whisk in remaining butter. Stir in roasted shallots and reserved bacon. Season with salt and pepper.
6. 6 Cut beef into 1/2 inch thick slices. Spoon some sauce over, and garnish with watercress.

By Christine L

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• butter
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• salt
• black pepper
• brown sugar
• thyme
• beef stock
• bread
• swiss cheese
• parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Melt butter with olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat. Add onions and garlic; season with a pinch of salt and black pepper. Cook onion mixture in hot butter-oil until caramelized, stirring every 10 minutes to keep from browning too quickly, about 1 hour.
2. 2 Stir brown sugar and thyme into caramelized onions; allow sugar to melt into onions, about 2 minutes. Pour in wine and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon; continue simmering for 5 more minutes. Pour in beef stock; cook for 10 more minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper.
3. 3 Preheat the oven's broiler to high. Place 5 oven-safe crocks onto a baking sheet.
4. 4 Ladle soup evenly into the crocks. Top each with a French bread slice; cover with a Swiss cheese slice and sprinkle with Parmagiano-Reggiano cheese.
5. 5 Cook soups under the preheated broiler until cheese is melted and browned, 2 to 3 minutes.

By Leah Thompson

Ingredients

• ✓ port wine
• hanger steak
• canola oil
• salt
• pepper
• green bean
• garlic
• canola oil
• salt
• pepper
• water
• white sugar
• shallot
• demi glace
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Lightly cover the steaks with canola oil and season generously with salt and pepper; cover and place in refrigerator until ready to grill.
2. 2 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate. Place a sheet of aluminum foil on about 1/3 of the grill surface.
3. 3 Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Cook the green beans in the boiling water until heated through yet still firm, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain. Transfer to a large bowl. Add the garlic and 1/4 cup of canola oil to the green beans and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.
4. 4 Stir the water, sugar, and shallots together in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves; cover the pan and bring the mixture to a boil. Drain the liquid and return the shallots to the pan. Add the port wine and demi glace to the saucepan and place over medium heat; cook until the liquid reduces to about half its original volume. Stir the butter into the mixture until it melts. Remove the pan from the heat. Season with salt as needed. Keep the saucepan covered until the steaks are prepared.
5. 5 Spread the green beans onto the part of the grill prepared with aluminum foil and allow to finish cooking while grilling the steaks.
6. 6 Cook the steaks until they start to firm, and are reddish-pink and juicy in the center, about 2 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). Allow the steaks to rest 5 minutes before placing onto individual plates. Spoon the sauce over the steaks. Serve the green beans on the side.

By Chef Shelley Pogue