Gooseberry Sauce
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 500 g gooseberries (green, for cooking)
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons white wine
- 7 décilitres Sauce au beurre (butter sauce)
Instructions
- Blanch the green gooseberries in a copper saucepan. After 5 minutes of boiling, drain them well. Return the gooseberries to the pan and finish cooking them with the powdered sugar and white wine. Pass the mixture through a fine sieve (étamine) to obtain a smooth purée.
- Add this purée to the butter sauce and blend thoroughly until homogeneous.