Sauce Cardinal (Lobster-Butter Sauce for Fish)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 3/4 litre sauce Béchamel
- 1 1/2 décilitres fish fumet and truffle essence
- 1 1/2 décilitres cream
- 100 grammes Beurre de homard
- a point of Cayenne
Instructions
- Reduce by a quarter 1 1/2 décilitres of fish fumet and truffle essence, half of each.
- Add this reduction to 3/4 litre of sauce Béchamel.
- Add 1 1/2 décilitres of cream.
- Off the fire, finish with 100 grammes of Beurre de homard of a good red colour.
- Sharpen with a point of Cayenne.