Anne Willan

Basic Brown Sauce

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 cup

    sauce
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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La Varenne Pratique

By Anne Willan

Published 1989

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Bring the stock to a boil in a saucepan and taste. If it lacks body, reduce it until concentrated. In a cup, mix the arrowroot or potato starch to a thin paste with the Madeira or water.
  2. Whisk the paste into the boiling stock, which will thicken at once. Add only enough paste to thicken the sauce to the required consistency. Whisk in tomato paste, if using, add