Sauce Italienne (Cold Sauce for Cold Meats)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- half a calf's brain
- 5 egg yolks
- 10 grammes salt
- 1 large pinch pepper
- 1 litre oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 large tablespoonful chopped parsley
Instructions
- Pass the cold cooked brain through a fine sieve and collect the purée in a terrine.
- Smooth it with the whisk, then add the egg yolks, the salt and the pepper.
- Mount the sauce with the oil and the lemon juice.
- Complete with the chopped parsley.