Mother Sauces

Every classic sauce in Western cooking is a variation of basic mother sauces. Here you’ll find each mother sauce with a tested recipe, the ratio behind it, why it works, and what it becomes when you add one ingredient.

Espagnole Sauce Espagnole is a brown stock thickened with a brown roux, plus tomato, mirepoix, and a bouquet garni. It’s the darkest and most complex of the five mother sauces — the one that takes the longest, tastes the deepest, and becomes the most things. It’s the base for demi-glace, and demi-glace is the base

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Welcome to a beginner-friendly recipe for making a basic but authentic Tomato Sauce. This sauce is like a master key that unlocks the door to many delicious

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French White Bechamel Sauce is one of the five Mother Sauces, is an essential component in French culinary tradition. we will share with you basic authentic recipe

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