Sauces
Sauces
Part 1
Sauce is a liquid served with foods to add
more flavour, colour, texture and eye
appeal to the food.
Sauce
A sauce contain liquid, aromatics,
seasoning and thickened.
Main ingredients, typically stock
Liquid Can be milk, cream, egg yolk, butter and
some moist vegetables
Sauces need to be flavourful
Salt and pepper
Aromatics and
Seasonings Aromatic vegetables, herbs,
spices and mustard -
Aromatic
1. Espagnole/ brown – brown stock + roux
2. Béchamel – milk and roux
Mother /
3. Veloute – white stock + roux
Leading Sauce
4. Tomato
5. Hollandaise – clarified butter + egg yolk
A sauce that comes from mother sauce
as the main ingredient and combine with
Derivative other seasoning / garnished with specific
Sauce flavour, colour and texture
Also called small sauces
3 types of brown sauce:
1. Espagnole/ brown sauce – thickened
brown stock with brown roux
2. Demi glace – simmer brown sc with an
Brown sauce equal amount brown stock until
intensely flavoured and thick enough
to coat foods
3. Jus de Veau Lie – simmer brown stock
with flavouring and aromatics.
Base Roasted veal stock
(Roasted Chicken –
modern variation)
Thickening agent Roux
Classic flavourings Mirepoix, spice sachet,
tomato puree
Espagnole Cooking time 8 – 10 hours
Sauce
Derivatives Bordelaise, Robert,
Madeira, Red wine,
Chasseur, etc…
Classically served Roasted meats (beef,
chicken, lamb, salmon,
veal, duck)
Base Milk
Thickening agent White roux
Classical flavouring White onion, clove, bay
leaf, salt, pepper and
nutmeg
Tomato
Derivative Italian Tomato
Sauce Puttanesca
Marinara
Arrabiata – concase + chili flakes +
parmigiano
Bolognaise
Base Egg yolks and clarified
butter
Thickening Agent Emulsification