The French mother sauces are fundamental to many culinary traditions. Béchamel, a white sauce, is made by whisking milk into a butter and flour roux until it thickens, optionally adding cheese and nutmeg.
Roux is made from flour and fat and is used in cooking to help thicken soups.
Picture of the three types:
Three Types of Roux:
Brown
Blonde
White
Hollandaise
6. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and mix
5. Add melted butter to egg mixture slowly, and whisk
4. Melt butter on separate pan
3. Add lemon juice and Whisk the eggs for a few minutes until fluffy
2. Take a pan, place the bowl on top
1. Crack two eggs and only place yolk in a heat safe bowl
Salt
Lemon juice
2 eggs
Hollandaise means dutch in english
Béchamel
5. Finished
4. Add cheese, if using, and stir for 1 minute or until melted. Stir in nutmeg, if using. Season.
3. Whisk in milk, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon, or until slightly thickened.
2. Add the flour and stir constantly with a wooden spoon, for 2 minutes or until butter and flour form a bubbling paste.
1. In a pan, melt butter over medium heat.
Ingridents:
pinch nutmeg (optional)
3/4 cup grated cheddar (optional)
2 cups milk
1/4 cup plain flour
50g unsalted butter
Espagnole
8. Sieve sauce and you’re done
7. Cover sauce with lid and leave to cook for 2 hours.
6. Pour the warm stock over your cold roux stirring slowly with a whisk. When stock is in, bring it to the boil. As soon as it reaches the boil lower you heat to a simmer, add in the chopped tomatoes, the garlic, bouquet garni and mushroom pieces (optional) and stir well.
5. in a separate saucepan, pour in all the stock and slowly bring it to a boil. leave the stock to simmer until roux is cold
4. Add the tomato paste and let it cook for a minute and cool down
3. Add the flour in and mix well, leave roux to cook for 6 minutes until light brown
2. Add carrots and onions and fry for 2 or 3 minutes.
1. In a large sauce pan (on low to medium heat) fry the bacon and butter together for 2 minutes.
pepper
salt
30 grams butter
30 grams plain flour
1 bouquet garni
1 clove garlic
20 grams mushroom
40 grams tomato paste
300 grams tomatoes
50 grams onions
50 grams carrots
50 grams pork belly
1.5 L Brown beef stock
Espagnole means spanish in english
Tomate
Recipe
Steps
11. Finished
10. Sieve the sauce and then add butter and stir
9. Stir and place in oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 1 hour
8. Leave on the side and bring to a boil
7. Turn up heat and add diced tomatoes, garlic, garni, pinch of salt, and hint of pepper, then mix
6. Add in the rest of the stock and mix until no lumps
5. Add in half the chicken stock and water to the base and stir slowly
4. Add in the tomato and mix for two minutes (when finished mixing turn off heat and let it cool down for 15 minutes)
3. Pour in 30g of flour, mix, and let it simmer for a few minutes
2. Add in the 100g of carrots and onions, then mix together (let it simmer to remove the water from vegetables)
1. In a pan melt 50g of butter and add 100g of bacon
Ingridents
Shallots
Butter
Flour
Chicken stock
Crushed tomatoes
Bacon
Garni
Carrots
Garlic
Onions
Tomate means tomato in english
By: Kaneera.R
Velouté
How to make:
Recipe:
Steps:
7. Finished
6. Strain it using cheesecloth/mesh sieve
5. Bring mixture to a simmer, 20-30 min reduce until thick
4. Slowly pour in chicken stock, (make sure to keep whisking to prevent the flour from lumping)
3. Stir until it becomes a loose paste (roux) as this will help it have a velvety texture
2. Next add four tablespoons of flour
1. In a pan over medium heat, melt four tablespoons of butter