The Mother Sauces: What Should We Make?

The Mother Sauces: What Should We Make?

We have two more sauces to go – velouté and tomato.  Velouté is frequently used to make supreme or Allemande sauce.  For example, to make chicken supreme.  Or, a fish velouté can be served with scallops. Tomato sauce, well, is used for Bolognese, or a Sunday gravy....

The Mother Sauces: Hollandaise

The Mother Sauces: Hollandaise

For our new video feature, KK and I decided to start with that star of brunches everywhere hollandaise. Hollandaise is an emulsion of eggs and butter, flavored with lemon.  Some recipes call for mustard and cayenne pepper as well, but Kristen’s recipe is pure lemon,...

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