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1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
There are two principal compoiLnd Dutch sauceDutch Sauces, one containing white sauce, or veloutd, and another containing melted butter, or butter sauce. These sauces should not be described as Dutch sauce simply, but have their specializing adjectives compo^md and plain compound affixed. Classification of Sauces. In the foregoing we have described and accurately de- fined five fundamental sauces, from which a great number of finished and compound sauces are derived ; there are, moreover, sauces which have no relation to these stock- sauces, but stand on their own originality and merit, and these sauces we term independent sauces. We thus obtain a principle for the following classification of sauces : Brown Sauces: Espagnole and finished sauces derived from it. White Sauces : Veloutd and finished sauces derived from it. White Cream SaxLces : Bdchamel and finished sauces derived from it, or of its kind. Yellow Sauces, being bdchamels with eggs, allemandes, and derivates. White Butter Sauce, being melted butter and satcces derived from it. Dutch ‘Sauce, being butter emulged with yolk of egg, and derivates. Independent Satcces and Derivates. Cold Sauces, Marinades, and Essences. In the following paragraphs we give the definitions of a 246 rilE SPIRIT OF COOKERY number of the most important — that is, best known and most used, sauces — but abstain from the introduction of details, which would involve needless repetition. Finished Brown Sauces derived from Espagnole. Esj^agnole flavoured with Truffles, or Sauce a la Financihre. — This sauce contains only extract of truffles ; while when it contains chopped truffles in substance it is termed Pdrigueux sauce. Sauce for Calf's Head, or Sauce en Tortus. — The latter name is a mere reminiscence from mock turtle, or tete de veau en tortue ; otherwise there is nothing of turtle about it. Satccefor Salmis is espagnole flavoured with such extract as can he obtained by braising the trimmings of the roasted birds, woodcocks or snipes, from which the salmis have been cut. Sauce for Salmis h VAncienne is hke the previous one, , with some wine and parsley added, therefore not specifically different. Italian Sauce, Sauce Italienne Bousse, is espagnole varied and flavoured hy shallots, mushrooms, and olive-oil ; the latter probably suggested the name. Fines Herhes Sauce is espagnole flavoured with mush- rooms, shallots, and parsley. Piqiiante Sauce is espagnole specialized by pickles and flavoured with shallots. Gherkin Sauce is like the preceding sauce, but with pre- vailing sliced gherkins. Tomato or Love-aqople Sauce. The adjective ‘ brown ’ is here a little inappropriate, as the colour is covered by the red of the tomatoes. This sauce should he as thick almost as a pur4e. Lyons Sauce is espagnole with flaked onions fried in oil. Proven^ale Sauce is espagnole flavoured with oil and garlic. FINISHED BROWN SAUCES 247 Bretonne Sauce is characterized by pur4e of fried onions. Burgundian Sauce is flavoured with shallots and red Burgundy wine. Bordelaise Sauce contains garlic, aromatic herbs, and Bordeaux red wine. Porhiguese Sauce derives its name from having been specialized to fillet of beef a la Portugaise ; it is really espagnole flavoured with sherry.