Light basic sauce

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
1 mins
TOTAL TIME
1 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 100 g Shallots
  • 100 g Celery
  • 100 g Fennel
  • 50 g Mushrooms
  • 3 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 100 g Butter
  • 20 g Flour
  • 600 ml Poultry stock (e.g. glass or self-cooked)
  • 500 g Whipped cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp white pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Juice

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel the shallots, clean and wash the vegetables and chop everything. Wash and chop the thyme. Melt butter in a large pot. Sweat shallots, vegetables and thyme in it while stirring. Dust with flour and briefly sauté lightly

  2. 2

    Deglaze with stock and reduce by half for about 30 minutes. Add cream and bring to the boil. Season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Puree with a hand blender, then pass through a fine sieve. Flavour again. Let it cool down. Freeze portion by portion as a base for light sauces

Categories & Tags

Miscellaneousvery easy