Sauce Pauvre Homme (Poor Man's Sauce)

Ingredients

• 75 grammes brown roux
• three quarters of a litre ordinary consommé
• 4 spoonfuls gherkin vinegar
• 3 or 4 shallots
• 1 spoonful parsley
• 1 and a half spoonfuls chopped chives
• 3 spoonfuls golden breadcrumbs
• 1 large pinch pepper

Instructions

1. Combine the brown roux with the consommé or brown stock and the gherkin vinegar.
2. Let it cook for 7 to 8 minutes.
3. Off the fire, finish with the blanched shallots, the parsley, the chives, the breadcrumbs and the pepper.