Sauce Basics
Sauce Structure
Thickeners and Sauce Families
Finishing Techniques
Pot Luck
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A flavorful liquid, usually thickened, used to season, flavor, and enhance other foods

Sauce

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Tomato plus stock forms this leading sauce

Tomato sauce

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The combination of a liquid and thickening agent creates this

A leading (mother) sauce

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This process concentrates flavor, adjusts texture, and adds new flavors to a sauce

Reduction

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This small sauce is made by adding mushrooms to a velouté

Mushroom sauce

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This is the body or base of a sauce

The liquid

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Clarified butter is the liquid base for this rich, emulsified mother sauce

Hollandaise

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A cooked mixture of equal parts fat and flour by weight

Roux

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Swirling a liquid in a pan to dissolve cooked-on food particles is called this

Deglazing

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A concentrated version of Espagnole sauce reduced by half

Demi-glace

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The three main components of a sauce are a liquid, a thickening agent, and these

Seasonings and flavorings

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This mother sauce is made from milk

béchamel

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A smooth paste made from equal parts soft butter and flour, used to thicken sauces

beurre manié

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Heavy cream is added to a sauce for these two qualities

Flavor and richness

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This small sauce is made by adding grated cheese to béchamel

Mornay sauce

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This is the largest ocean on Earth

Pacific Ocean

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This type of stock is used to make a velouté sauce

White stock (chicken, veal, or fish)

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A mixture of egg yolks and cream used to enrich and lightly thicken a sauce

Liaison

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He painted the Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci

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A velouté mixed with cream to produce a richer flavor

Suprême sauce

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These are the five main qualities that sauces add to food

Moistness, flavor, richness, appearance, and interest/appetite appeal

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This animated movie features a talking snowman named Olaf

Frozen

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The three standards of quality for sauces are consistency and body, flavor, and this

Appearance

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“Monter au beurre” means to do this before serving a sauce

Finish with butter

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A béchamel sauce mixed with onions puréed in butter

Soubise sauce

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