Mother sauces

Bachamel Sauce
• Commonly known as white sauce.
• Made with one part of white roux and 10 part of
parts of milk.
Do you know..? Bachamel sauce is first made by Louise de behcamel, Chief
steward of king Louise XIV .

Derivatives of Bachamel Sauce
• Aurora sauce; bechamel with tomato sauce.
• Mornay sauce; bechamel with egg yolk and
grated cheese.
• Nantua sauce; bechamel with cream and crab
meat.

Veloute – Blond Sauce
• The term veloute is the
French word for velvet .
• A light stock such as chicken
or fish stock , is thickened
with blonde roux .
• Seasoning mainly are : salt
and pepper
Do you know…? A roux is a stable mixture(an emulsion)of fat & water held together
by an emulsifier such as starch.
Use the ratio 1:1 = 1 cup liquid
(stock) per 1 ounce of roux

• Bercy Sauce = shallots + white wine + lemon juice
and parsley .
• Normande sauce = cream + butter + egg yolk .
• Allemande Sauce = lemon juice + egg yolk + cream.
Derivatives of Veloute Sauce

Espagnole – Brown
sauce
• Espagnole has a strong
taste , and is rarely used
directly on food.
• It is the starting point for
a rich and deeply
flavourfull sauce called
demi glaze .
• Traditionally served with
red meat.
Do you know..? To make Espagnole Sauce only roasted bones are used in stock.
Ratio is 1:1 equal quantity of brown
stock & brown roux

Derivatives of Espagnole sauce
• Bordelaise sauce : Espagnole sauce + red wine
+ shallots and herbs.
• Lyonnaise sauce : Espagnole sauce + chopped
onions + parsley + white wine
• Mushroom Sauce : Espagnole sauce and
mushroom.

Hollandaise – Butter
sauce
• Hollandaise sauce is an
emulsion of butter and
lemon juice. Egg yolk are
used as the emulsifying
agent.
• Usually seasoned with
salt and cayenne pepper.
Do you know..? The author of very influential cookbooks in early 16th & 17th century
Pierre de la Varenne is the inventer of Hollandiase sauce.

Derivatives of Hollandaise sauce
• Sauce musseline : Hollandaise + whipped
cream.
• Sauce dijon : Hollandaise+ dijon mustard
• Sauce Maltaise : Hollandaise + orange zest +
orange juice.

Mayonnaise sauce
• Mayonnaise is a thick sauce
made primarily from
vegetable oil and egg yolks.
• Whitish-yellow in color, it is a
stable emulsion formed from
the oil and yolks and is
generally flavored with salt,
pepper, vinegar and/or
lemon juice, and frequently
mustard.
• Do not come under mother
sauce but most used and
popular .
Do you know .. ? In one egg yolk we can incorporate approx 800 ml of oil when
beating it continuously and properly

Tomato sauce
• A mixture of onion + garlic +
tomatoes.
• More commonly associated
with Italian cuisine .
• French recipe include
concasse , pork , vegetable
thickened with roux
Do you know …? Traditionally even tomatoes are cooked with roux in French style
but Italian skipped the roux and their preparation became famous.

Derivatives of Tomato Sauce
• Bolognese : Mire poix + Ground meat+ Red wine +
oregano
• Neapolitan : Garlic + olives + anchovy + capers
• Craole : onion + celery + garlic + pepper + thyme

• Which two mother sauce do not use roux ?
• A rich cream sauce made from cream and a roux,
with an onion pique ___________ .
• Is a traditional French culinary technique where a
chef attaches one or more bay leaves to an onion by
pushing whole cloves through the leaves into the
onion ____________.
• Which sauce is the base of Bercy sauce?
Question Time

Thankyou –
Suhani
Upadhyay