Paula Wolfert

Jean-Louis Palladin’s Watercress Sauce

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
top 1000The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate Cook
The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen

By Paula Wolfert

Published 2003

  • About

The late, great Gascogne chef Jean-Louis taught me this simple, intense sauce, which highlights all the flavor of the peppery greens. I have published many of his recipes in my other books. This is one I found in an old notebook, and it is, perhaps, the easiest recipe in his repertoire.

Ingredients

  • 1½ bunches fresh watercress
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper

Method

  1. Rinse the watercress carefully; pick over and remove all tough stalks. There will be about 2 cups leaves and tender stems. Boil in salted water for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse under cool running water to refresh; drain again. Squeeze the watercress with your hands to remove as m