Soups, Sauces And Stocks Flashcards
Ratio for mirepoix
2:1:1
Mirepoix
French name for combining onions, carrots and celery
Roux
French word referring to a combination of a lipid and flour … Meant for thickening
Used in cheese sauce and gravy
Sauces
Bechamel
Espagnole
Veloute
Allemande
Bechamel
Sauce based on milk thickened with white roux
Espagnole
Sauce based on brown stock (usually veal) thickened with a brown roux
Velouté
Sauce based on a white stock thickened with a blonde roux
Allemande
Sauce based on velouté sauce, is thickened with eggs yolks and heavy cream
Auguste Escoffier made the 5 mother sauces which are:
Sauce bechamel Sauce velouté Sauce tomate Sauce espagnole Sauce hollandaise
Sauce bechamel
Milk based sauce thickened with a white roux
Sauce velouté
White stock based sauce thickened with a roux or a liaison
Sauce tomate
Tomato based sauce thickened with a roux
Sauce espagnole
Roasted veal stock based sauce thickened with a brown roux
Sauce Hollandaise
Egg yolk and butter based sauce thickened with Emulsion
Bechamel sauce or basic white sauce
2 tbsp butter melted
2 tbsp of flour
One cup of milk microwaved
Whisk it till it thickens