Sauces Flashcards
The 2 classic hot sauces
Mother or leading sauces
Small or compound
The 5 mother sauces
- Bechannel
2.Veloute - Espogole
- tomato
- hallandaise
Coulis
purees of fruits or vegetable for sauce base
Infusion
Extraction of flavors before boiling steeping, filtering, and dripping liquid in process
beurre blanc
white butter
Beurre rouge
red butter
Examples of modern sauces
flavored butter
flavored oils
salsas
relishes
pan gravy
Sauce
a liquid thickening agent, wth seasoings
3 things that make good sauce
- Makes good stock
- Uses thickening agent properly
- seasoned properly
Thickening agents for starches
The gelatinization of starches ( absorbing liquid)
4 things for thickening agents
- lump free
- good clean flavor( not floury or pasty)
- coats back of spoon
- No breaking or separation
Roux
Thickening agent , equal parts four and fat ( cooked for lumps)
white roux
cooked briefly ( removed when bubble appear)
Blond roux
Cooked longer, caramelized (richer flavor)
Good roux is
stiff, not runny or pour able
Brown Roux
Cooked longer, Dark and Nety, ( required to thicken)
To add roux to liquid
Hot roux in cold stock, stir vigorously
Hot stock to cold roux , stir vigorously