Hollandaise Sauce – COLLECTION
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BBQ Sauce, ketchup, etc – COLLECTION
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Béarnaise
BASE: Champagne vinegar, white wine, egg yolks, butter
Mix and reduce down to 2 TBL in liquid volume
– 1/2 cup each vinegar and wine
– Add 2 tsp black cracked peppercorns
– 1/4 C shallots – finely minced
– 1/2 TBL tarragon leaves – finely chopped
Mix 3 egg yolks, 2 TBL hot water
Mix in double boiler
Stir continually
Salt, pepper
Start incorporating cold butter chips
. 1/2 LB (2 sticks)
Be careful NOT to cook the egg yolks . Don’t let it get too hot
When all butter is in add 1 tsp chopped chervil and 1 TBL chopped tarragon
Strain vinegar mixture into egg sauce
Serve over grilled steak, fish or vegetables
Tartar Sauce
1/3 c salad dressing / mayo
1 TBL Finely chopped shallots
3 TBL Finely chopped dill pickles
2 TBL rough chopped rinsed capers
Salt, pepper, 1/2 lemon juice
Shrimp Cocktail Sauce
Simple: jar of horseradish and ketchup
Better: peel 1/2 cup fresh horseradish root
Grate
Dampen with white wine vinegar
Add to 3/4 cup ketchup
1/2 lemon, salt, 1/4 tsp sugar
Tabasco or Franks to taste
Velouté
1/3 c sifted Flour, 2 tbl butter
Cook in sauce pan till barelt browned
4 c chicken stock while whisking vigerously
Season with lemon juice, pepper, salt
Spoon over chicken
Allemande
Thicken Velouté with egg yolk and heavy cream
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Poulette
Thicken Velouté with cream and mushrooms
Consistency of gravy
Mornaise Sauce
Similar to Hollandaise Sauce
-Topping for baked fish or egg
INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 C butter (melted)
- 1/4 C flour, all-purpose (sifted)
- 2 C milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 2 each egg yolks (separated)
- 1 TBL heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 C Swiss cheese (grated)
STEP BY STEP
- In microwave melt butter
- Add sifted flour slowly, stirring constantly
- Stir (don’t beat) until smooth, 1 more minute
- Gradually add milk into mixture
- Heat in microwave until VERY warm to the touch, but not hot.
- Beat egg yolks
- Add whipping cream to egg yolks and beat to combine
- TEMPER 3 TBL hot mixture into the eggs, WHISKING between each TBL.
- Slowly add egg mixture into flour mixture mixing continually
- Add cheese and stir until softened or melted
- Add back in microwave for three bursts of 10 seconds each, stirring in between each burst
EXTRA STUFF
- Sauce should be smooth. It is critical that you have no lumps. If you do, strain the sauce discarding the lumps.
- Also sauce should not be too thick or heavy.
- Can be used as an alternative to Hollandaise Sauce for eggs.
- Prepare with the exact same layers as Hollandaise eggs.
- Mornaise should cover the poached egg completely.
- Optionally garnish with a bit of paprika.
