Sauce Estragon (Tarragon Sauce)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Blanch 30 grammes of chopped tarragon sprigs briskly and drain them thoroughly.
  2. Crush the tarragon with a spoon, working in 4 spoonfuls of the Velouté being prepared.
  3. Pass through the étamine.
  4. Mix the purée obtained into 1 litre of Velouté de volaille or Velouté de poisson, according to the preparation the sauce is intended for.
  5. Correct the seasoning and complete with 1 half-spoonful of chopped tarragon.

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