Saint-Malo Sauce

Ingredients

• 500 ml white wine sauce (sauce Vin blanc)
• 1 tablespoon shallots, finely minced and reduced in white wine
• 0.5 tablespoon mustard
• dash anchovy essence (essence d'anchois)

Instructions

1. Prepare a white wine sauce (sauce Vin blanc) according to one of the standard methods. Add to this base 500 ml sauce one tablespoon of finely minced shallots that have been reduced in white wine—or, which is preferable, 50 grams of shallot butter (Beurre d'échalotes). Stir in half a tablespoon of mustard, then finish with a delicate thread of anchovy essence (essence d'anchois).
2. Yield: approximately 500 ml.