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Espagnole or Brown Sauce

Owen O

Espagnole or Brown Sauce

Can we get a lesson on Espagnole sauce. It is after all one of the mother sauces.

Also can lesson on Demi-Glace would be helpful.

Thanks

Owen

Kimberley S
Rouxbe Staff

RE: Espagnole or Brown Sauce

There are several ways to achieve demi-glace and espagnole is one of them. The most important step, however, is to make sure that you perfect the making a delicious dark stock. Espagnole is usually made by cooking dark stock with a brown roux and reducing it by half, but a more modern approach for making demi is to simply reduce a flavorful dark stock by at least half. Attached to the lesson on Veal & Beef stock is a step-by-step recipe which demonstrates the straight reduction process. From this reduction, many smaller / derivative sauces can be made. Cheers!

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