Sauce Espagnole
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
5 pints (about)
ingredients
-
Mirepoix
- 4 ounces onions, diced
- 2 ounces carrots, diced
- 2 ounces celery, diced
- 2 ounces oil
- 2 ounces tomato paste
- 5 pints brown stock (either veal or beef)
- 6 ounces blond roux
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Sachet
- 3 -4 sprigs parsley, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cracked black peppercorns
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
directions
- Sachet d'epices: ingredients are placed into a 4" square of cheesecloth and tied into a sack.
- Brown the onions in the hot oil; add the rest of the mirepoix and continue to brown.
- Add the tomato paste and cook until it begins to brown and caramelize.
- Add the stock, and bring to a simmer.
- Whip the roux into the stock, making sure all lumps are broken up.
- Return to a simmer and add the sachet.
- Simmer for about 1 hour, and skim the surface if necessary.
- Strain the sauce through cheesecloth.
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