Tournedos a l'Occitane – Pinot Shop

Ingredients

• 150g finest quality salted butter – Lescure is excellent
• 80g Saint Agur blue cheese
• 3 tbsp walnuts, fried in olive oil until golden, drained
• 2 cups full-bodied red wine
• 8 juniper berries, crushed
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• half onion, chopped roughly
• parsley stems, chopped
• 1 bay leaf, fresh or dry, broken into a couple of pieces
• 1 tsp thyme leaves
• 1 tbsp butter
• two-thirds cup beef or veal stock