Italian Sauce
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 750 ml Demi-glace (reduced brown sauce) with tomato
- 4 tablespoons Duxelles (mushroom mixture), dried
- 125 g lean ham, cooked, cut into fine brunoise (diced)
- 1 tablespoon parsley, chervil, and tarragon, minced, combined
Instructions
- Combine the tomato-flavored demi-glace with the dried Duxelles and finely diced lean ham. Cook together for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Finish at the last moment with a tablespoon of mixed minced parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- Note: If this sauce is to be used for fish, omit the ham and enrich the sauce instead with a reduction of fish fumet (concentrated fish stock) made from that fish.