Green Sauce

Sauce aux Herbes

Preparation info
  • Servings:

    4 to 6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Richard Olney

Published 1974

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon (or more to taste) capers, rinsed, drained
  • Salt, pepper
  • 6 anchovy filets (preferably

Method

A large marble mortar is much the easiest to work with—lacking that, use a wooden bowl. Pound the capers to a paste with the seasonings, add the anchovies, pound, add the tarragon, the parsley, and the greens, pounding to a purée. Pound and stir in the soaked bread, then the egg yolks, and, when the mixture is absolutely smooth and uniform, begin dribbling in the olive oil, stirring vigorously