Sauce Verte (Green Herb Mayonnaise)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 50 grammes spinach leaves
- 50 grammes watercress leaves
- 50 grammes parsley
- 9 decilitres Sauce Mayonnaise
Instructions
- Throw the spinach, watercress, parsley, chervil and tarragon leaves into boiling water and blanch briskly for 5 minutes.
- Drain, refresh and press them thoroughly.
- Pound the herbs, then wring them strongly in a cloth to obtain 1 decilitre of thick herb juice.
- Add this juice to 9 decilitres of Sauce Mayonnaise kept very stiff and well seasoned.