Introduction Béchamel is a classic white sauce, made from three simple ingredients: milk, butter, and flour. Despite its simplicity, it is one of the most used sauces in Western cuisine and serves as the foundation for many dishes around the world. Sauce Béchamel is one …
Introduction A good beef stock is the fundamental part of myriads of dishes and sauces. Most of the delicious sauces begin with a stock, so having a good recipe for any type of stock is essential. Brown beef stock is made by gently simmering beef …
What is a stock? A stock is a flavourful extract made by cooking meat, vegetables, and fish in water. Stock is more or less an extraction process. Its purpose is to draw out the nutritive and flavourful compounds out of the cooked products. Flavour extraction, …
Introduction Chimichurri is an uncooked, rich, and fresh sauce coming from South America (Argentina and Uruguay, but also Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, Peru), made with chopped green herbs like parsley and oregano, together with aromatics like garlic and chili peppers, in combination with olive oil and …
Sauce gastrique is a French vinegar-based sauce, a cousin to the Italian* and Asian** sweet and sour sauces. You, like me have maybe heard Gastrique because of the classic dish duck à l’orange (Duck breast with orange sauce). It the backbone of some sweet-and-sour or …