Sauce Nantua (Crayfish Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 litre sauce Béchamel
- 2 décilitres cream
- 1 and a half décilitres cream
- 125 grammes Beurre d'Écrevisses
- 20 small crayfish tails
Instructions
- Add the 2 décilitres of cream to the sauce Béchamel and reduce by a third.
- Pass through the tammy.
- Bring the sauce back to its normal consistency with the further 1 and a half décilitres of cream.
- Finish it with the Beurre d'Écrevisses.
- Garnish with the 20 small crayfish tails.