sauce espagnole
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Definition
- Noun:
- A foundational brown sauce in French cuisine: "sauce espagnole" is a classic, rich brown sauce made from a brown stock (typically veal or beef), thickened with a brown roux (butter and flour cooked until brown), and often flavored with a mirepoix (sautéed diced carrots, onions, and celery), tomatoes, and herbs. It is a key component of the French "mother sauce" system.
Usage
- As a culinary term: "Sauce espagnole" is used as a specific, proper noun in cooking to refer to this foundational sauce. It is often used as a base for creating other, more complex sauces.
- The chef prepared a traditional sauce espagnole to serve as the base for the demi-glace.
- Many derivative sauces, like sauce Robert or sauce Chasseur, begin with a well-made sauce espagnole.
Advanced Usage
- In professional kitchens: The term is used precisely to denote this specific preparation, distinguishing it from other brown sauces or gravies. Its correct preparation is considered a mark of classical French culinary skill.
- "Espagnole" style: While the name means "Spanish sauce," its origins and refinement are firmly in French haute cuisine. The term itself is used to label this particular recipe.
Variants and Related Words
- Demi-glace (n): A rich, concentrated sauce made by combining and reducing equal parts of sauce espagnole and brown stock.
- The steak was served with a silky demi-glace.
- Brown sauce (n): A more general term for sauces based on brown stock; sauce espagnole is a specific type of classical brown sauce.
- Roux (n): A mixture of fat (like butter) and flour used as a thickening agent, which is browned for sauce espagnole.
Synonyms
- Brown mother sauce: A descriptive synonym within the framework of French cuisine, identifying its role as one of the five foundational "mother sauces."
- Spanish sauce: A direct translation of the term, though this is less commonly used in professional English culinary contexts than the French name "sauce espagnole."
Related Phrases
- To mount with butter (v): A finishing technique often applied to sauces derived from sauce espagnole, where cold butter is whisked in to add shine and richness.
- After reducing, he mounted the sauce espagnole with butter for a perfect gloss.
Noun
- bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.
- brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira