Matelote Sauce

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Reduce the red-wine fish court-bouillon with mushroom peelings by two-thirds.
  2. Add the lean espagnole (mother sauce) to this reduction and bring to a boil.
  3. Pass through a fine-mesh strainer (étamine).
  4. Mount with butter (monter au beurre).
  5. Season lightly with cayenne pepper.

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