Sauce Mornay
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 litre sauce Béchamel
- 2 décilitres the cooking liquor of the fish the sauce is intended for
- 50 grammes grated gruyère
- 50 grammes grated parmesan
- 100 grammes butter
Instructions
- Add 2 décilitres of the cooking liquor of the fish the sauce is intended for to 1 litre of sauce Béchamel.
- Reduce by a good third.
- Add 50 grammes of grated gruyère and 50 grammes of grated parmesan.
- Stir a few seconds more over the fire so the cheese melts.
- Finish with 100 grammes of butter.