Basic Brown Sauce

Name: Basic Brown Sauce
Ingredients: Melt 25 g (1 oz) butter in a heavy-based saucepan and stir in 25 g (1 oz) plain flour. Cook the roux for 3–4 minutes over a medium heat until it is well-browned, stirring constantly so as not to burn the roux.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Companion

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

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Method

A good stock is essential for a brown sauce. Bring 900 ml (1½ pints) beef or veal stoc