Sauce Cardinal (Lobster-Butter Sauce for Fish)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Reduce by a quarter 1 1/2 décilitres of fish fumet and truffle essence, half of each.
  2. Add this reduction to 3/4 litre of sauce Béchamel.
  3. Add 1 1/2 décilitres of cream.
  4. Off the fire, finish with 100 grammes of Beurre de homard of a good red colour.
  5. Sharpen with a point of Cayenne.

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