Sauce Nantua (Crayfish Sauce)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Add the 2 décilitres of cream to the sauce Béchamel and reduce by a third.
  2. Pass through the tammy.
  3. Bring the sauce back to its normal consistency with the further 1 and a half décilitres of cream.
  4. Finish it with the Beurre d'Écrevisses.
  5. Garnish with the 20 small crayfish tails.

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