Espagnole or Brown Sauce Recipe
Ingredients:
2 oz of butter
Veal slices (lean, bacon, ham, beef cuttings, fowl, or game trimmings)
3 pcs of peppercorns
1 pc of tomato; cut up
1 pc of carrot; cut up
1 pc of turnip; cut into pieces
1 pc of onion (stuck with two cloves)
1 pc of bay leaf
1 pc of thyme sprig
Parsley
Marjoram
1 Tbsp of flour
1/2 c of good boiling stock
Mushroom trimmings
Instructions:
Grease the base of stewpan using the butter. Add meat slices, mushroom, peppercorns, tomato, carrot, turnip, onion, bay leaf, thyme, marjoram, and parsley. Cover then braise for 15 mins.
Add flour; stir thoroughly then pour over the stock. Boil it very slowly for 15 mins. Strain mixture and skim grease off.
Transfer on a bowl/container then let sauce cool. Add small amount of Liebig (or glaze) if mixture isn’t rich.
Pass mixture through the sieve prior to use.
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