Sauce Russe (Russian Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 100 grammes creamy parts of lobster or spiny lobster
- 100 grammes caviar
- 2 or 3 spoonfuls sauce Mayonnaise
- three quarters of a litre sauce Mayonnaise
- 1 strong spoonful mustard
- 1 strong spoonful Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Pound in the mortar 100 grammes of the creamy parts of lobster or spiny lobster with 100 grammes of caviar, adding 2 or 3 spoonfuls of sauce Mayonnaise.
- Pass through the fine sieve.
- Add this purée to three quarters of a litre of sauce Mayonnaise.
- Complete the seasoning with 1 strong spoonful of mustard and the same of Worcestershire sauce.