Sauce Matelote blanche (White Matelote Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 3 décilitres white-wine fish court-bouillon
- 25 grammes mushroom peelings
- 8 décilitres Velouté de poisson
- 150 grammes butter
- 1 point cayenne
- 20 small onions glazed in butter
- 20 small mushroom caps
Instructions
- Add 25 grammes of mushroom peelings to 3 décilitres of white-wine fish court-bouillon and reduce by two thirds.
- Add 8 décilitres of Velouté de poisson and let it boil (the printed number of minutes is illegible in the source).
- Finish with 150 grammes of butter and sharpen with a point of cayenne.
- Pass through the étamine.
- Add the garnish: 20 small onions glazed in butter and 20 small mushroom caps, cooked and very white.