Which rich sauce made fromegg yolks, butter, shallots, herbs and spices, is named after a region of south-west France?
"be produced by adding capers and tarragon to a Hollandaise. Béarnaise sauce Béarnaise sauce (; ) is a sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs. It is considered to be a ""child"" of the mother Hollandaise sauce, one of the five mother sauces in the French haute cuisine repertoire. The difference is only in the flavoring: Béarnaise uses shallot, chervil, peppercorns, and tarragon in a reduction of vinegar and wine, while Hollandaise is more stripped down, using a reduction of lemon juice or white wine. (One means of preparing Béarnaise,"
"other ingredients.) Its name is related to the province of Béarn, France. In appearance, it is light yellow and opaque, smooth and creamy. Béarnaise is a traditional sauce for steak. The sauce was likely first created by the chef Collinet, the inventor of puffed potatoes (""pommes de terre soufflées""), and served at the 1836 opening of ""Le Pavillon Henri IV"", a restaurant at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, not far from Paris. This assumption is supported by the fact that the restaurant was named for Henry IV of France, a gourmet himself, who was born in the Béarn region, a former province now in"
"the beginning of the 20th century. She served this sauce at her restaurant ""La Buvette de la Marine"" in the hamlet of La Chebuette in the village of Saint-Julien-de-Concelles on the banks of the Loire River a few kilometers upstream from Nantes. Legend holds that she intended to prepare a béarnaise sauce to go with pike but forgot to add the tarragon and egg yolks. Some sources claim that this invention occurred while she worked as a cook for the Marquis de Goulaine at Château de Goulaine. Aristide Briand, long-time prime minister of France and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said"
"should be white, preferably a slightly sweet white wine. Eggs Sardou Eggs Sardou is a Louisiana Creole cuisine dish made with poached eggs, artichoke bottoms, creamed spinach and Hollandaise sauce. It is on the menu of many Creole restaurants in New Orleans, including Antoine's, where eggs Sardou was invented, and Brennan's. Eggs Sardou is named for Victorien Sardou, a famous French dramatist of the 19th century, who was a guest in New Orleans when the dish was invented. Cooked fresh spinach is creamed with a bechamel sauce, a drop or two of Tabasco sauce is added, and pre-cut artichoke bottoms"
"Michel Guérard, a French chef, author, one of the founders of ""nouvelle cuisine"", and the inventor of ""cuisine minceur"", from Eugénie-les-Bains, Aquitaine, in south-western France; the sauce has since become a modern classic. In its original form, the sauce was intended as a Mediterranean preparation and contained a lot of garlic. It was served either hot or cold after infusing the herbs in the oil. Sauce vierge Sauce vierge (French; in English: literally, ""virgin sauce"") is a French sauce made from olive oil, lemon juice, chopped tomato and chopped basil. Frequently, crushed coriander seed is added, and variations may include"
"Velouté sauce A velouté sauce () is a savoury sauce, made from a roux and a light stock. It is one of the five ""mother sauces"" of French cuisine listed by Auguste Escoffier in the 19th century, along with espagnole, tomato, béchamel and hollandaise. The term ""velouté"" is the French word for velvety. In preparing a velouté sauce, a light stock (one in which the bones used have not been previously roasted), such as chicken or fish stock, is thickened with a blond roux. Thus the ingredients of a velouté are equal parts (by mass) of butter and flour to"
"Cassoulet Cassoulet (, from Occitan ""caçolet"" ) is a rich, slow-cooked casserole containing meat (typically pork sausages, goose, duck and sometimes mutton), pork skin (""couennes"") and white beans (""haricots blancs""). The dish originated in the south of France. It is named after its traditional cooking vessel, the ""cassole"", a deep, round, earthenware pot with slanting sides. The traditional homeland of cassoulet is the region once known as the province of Languedoc, especially the towns of Toulouse, Carcassonne, and Castelnaudary, that claims to be where the dish originated. The brotherhood of Cassoulet ""La Grande Confrérie du Cassoulet de Castelnaudary"" has organized"
"Béchamel sauce Béchamel sauce (; ), also known as white sauce, is made from a white roux (butter and flour) and milk. It has been considered, since the seventeenth century, one of the mother sauces of French cuisine. It is used as the base for other sauces (such as Mornay sauce, which is Béchamel with cheese). Balsamell or Besciamella is the Italian equivalent of the French Béchamel: a very simple white sauce of flour, butter and milk. The sauce was originally from renaissance Tuscany and was known as ""Salsa Colla or Colletta"" (""glue sauce"") because of the gluey consistency of"
"Aligot Aligot is a dish made from cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic) that is made in L'Aubrac (Aveyron, Cantal, Lozère, Occitanie) region in southern Massif Central of France. This fondue-like dish from the Aveyron department is a common sight in Auvergne restaurants. Traditionally made with the Tomme de Laguiole (Tome fraîche) or Tomme d'Auvergne cheese, aligot is a French country speciality highly appreciated in the local gastronomy with Toulouse sausages or roast pork. Other cheeses are used in place of Tomme, including Mozzarella and Cantal. The Laguiole cheese imparts a nutty flavour. Aligot is made from"
"known today as sauce parisienne. It is best used with eggs, poached fish, poultry, hot hors d'oeuvres, and gratiné dishes topped with a coating of bread crumbs. Allemande sauce Allemande sauce is a sauce in French cuisine that is based on a light-colored velouté sauce (typically veal; chicken and shellfish veloutés can also be used), but thickened with egg yolks and heavy cream, and seasoned with lemon juice. Velouté was one of the four mother sauces of classic French cuisine as defined by Antoine Carême in ""The Art of French Cooking in the 19th Century."" Escoffier perfected the sauce allemande"
"Eggs Sardou Eggs Sardou is a Louisiana Creole cuisine dish made with poached eggs, artichoke bottoms, creamed spinach and Hollandaise sauce. It is on the menu of many Creole restaurants in New Orleans, including Antoine's, where eggs Sardou was invented, and Brennan's. Eggs Sardou is named for Victorien Sardou, a famous French dramatist of the 19th century, who was a guest in New Orleans when the dish was invented. Cooked fresh spinach is creamed with a bechamel sauce, a drop or two of Tabasco sauce is added, and pre-cut artichoke bottoms are warmed in a 175°F oven for five to"
"Bordelaise sauce Bordelaise sauce is a classic French sauce named after the Bordeaux region of France, which is famous for its wine. The sauce is made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots and sauce demi-glace. ""Sauce marchand de vins"" (""wine-merchant's sauce"") is a similar designation. Traditionally, bordelaise sauce is served with grilled beef or steak, though it can also be served with other meats that pair well with red wine demi-glace based sauces. A bordelaise sauce in traditional New Orleans-style Louisiana Creole cuisine is different from the French classical version, although both are available in the city. The"
"national identity, used for some stamps and coins. French cuisine is renowned for being one of the finest in the world. According to the regions, traditional recipes are different, the North of the country prefers to use butter as the preferred fat for cooking, whereas olive oil is more commonly used in the South. Moreover, each region of France has iconic traditional specialities: Cassoulet in the Southwest, Choucroute in Alsace, Quiche in the Lorraine region, Beef bourguignon in the Bourgogne, provençal Tapenade, etc. France's most renowned products are wines, including Champagne, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, and Beaujolais as well as a large"
"Salade niçoise Salade niçoise (), la salada nissarda in the Niçard dialect of the Occitan language, is a salad that originated in the French city of Nice. It is traditionally made of tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Niçoise olives, anchovies, and dressed with olive oil. It has been popular worldwide since the early 20th century, and has been prepared and discussed by many famous chefs. Delia Smith called it ""one of the best combinations of salad ingredients ever invented"" and Gordon Ramsay said that ""it must be the finest summer salad of all."" It can be served either as a composed salad"
"veal velouté with a large amount of cream added. Béchamel sauce Béchamel sauce (; ), also known as white sauce, is made from a white roux (butter and flour) and milk. It has been considered, since the seventeenth century, one of the mother sauces of French cuisine. It is used as the base for other sauces (such as Mornay sauce, which is Béchamel with cheese). Balsamell or Besciamella is the Italian equivalent of the French Béchamel: a very simple white sauce of flour, butter and milk. The sauce was originally from renaissance Tuscany and was known as ""Salsa Colla or"
"white wine and red wine vinegar for the white wine vinegar. Beurre blanc Beurre blanc—literally translated from French as ""white butter""—is a hot emulsified butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which cold, whole butter is blended off the heat to prevent separation. The small amounts of lecithin and other emulsifiers naturally found in butter are used to form an oil-in-water emulsion. Although similar to hollandaise in concept, it is considered neither a classic leading nor compound sauce. This sauce originates in Loire Valley cuisine. The chef Clémence Lefeuvre (née"
"Sauce bourguignonne Sauce bourguignonne , Bourguignonne sauce, is a French sauce with a base of red wine with onions or shallots, a ""bouquet garni ""(parsley, thyme and bay leaf), reduced, strained, and mixed with some espagnole sauce. Just before serving it is mounted with butter and seasoned lightly with cayenne pepper. Like all red wine sauces, it may have some mushrooms added during cooking to enrich the flavour. When the sauce is used to accompany sautéed meat or poultry, it is made directly in the sauté pan in which these items were cooked. The onions or shallots are sautéed in"
"asparagus, cauliflower, green peas, carrot and celery. Normande sauce Normande sauce, also referred to as Normandy sauce and sauce Normande, is a culinary sauce prepared with velouté, fish velouté or fish stock, cream, butter and egg yolk as primary ingredients. Some versions may be prepared using both fish velouté and fish stock. Some may be prepared simply using a velouté base and the addition of cream, which are cooked together. Cider or dry white wine may also be used as primary ingredients. Some versions may use mushrooms or mushroom ketchup in its preparation. Additional ingredients may include fish liquor (fish"
"Beurre blanc Beurre blanc—literally translated from French as ""white butter""—is a hot emulsified butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which cold, whole butter is blended off the heat to prevent separation. The small amounts of lecithin and other emulsifiers naturally found in butter are used to form an oil-in-water emulsion. Although similar to hollandaise in concept, it is considered neither a classic leading nor compound sauce. This sauce originates in Loire Valley cuisine. The chef Clémence Lefeuvre (née Clémence Prau) invented ""beurre blanc"", apparently by accident, some time around"
"Tartiflette Tartiflette () is a dish from Savoy in the Alps. It is made with potatoes, reblochon cheese, lardons and onions. The word ""tartiflette"" is probably derived from the Arpitan word for ""potato"", ""tartiflâ"". This modern recipe was inspired by a truly traditional dish called ""péla"": a gratin of potatoes and onions (without cheese) in a long-handled pan called a pelagic (shovel) in the Provence region of France. It was developed in the 1980s by the Union Interprofessional Reblochon to promote sales of reblochon, as is confirmed also by Christian Millau (of the Gault-Millau Guide) in his gastronomic dictionary. Tartiflette"
"fish, fowl, eggs and, traditionally, with ""tête de veau"", jellied hare, head cheese, pâté or calves' brains. Sauce ravigote Sauce ravigote is a classic, lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, which may be prepared either warm or cold. The warm sauce is classically based upon a vegetable or meat broth, or a velouté, with herbs. Current recipes often add Dijon mustard. The cold sauce is based on a vinaigrette. Many other preparations pass under the term ""ravigote"", but in general ravigote sauces are highly seasoned with chopped, sautéed shallots or onion, capers and herbs: ""ravigoté"" connotes ""reinvigorated"", ""freshened up"". It"
"Aioli Aioli or aïoli ( or ; Provençal or ""aiòli"" ; ) is a Mediterranean sauce made of garlic and olive oil; some regions use other emulsifiers such as egg. The names mean ""garlic and oil"" in Catalan and Provençal. It is found in the cuisines of the Mediterranean coasts of Spain (Valencia, Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Murcia and eastern Andalusia), France (Provence) and Italy (Sicily and Calabria). Current versions of the French-Provençal sauce are closer to a garlic mayonnaise, incorporating egg yolks and lemon juice, whereas the original French-Provençal and Catalan versions are without egg yolk and have more"
"by the monks of the Grande Chartreuse. Since the 2014 administrative reform, the ancient area of Auvergne is now part of the region. One of its leading chefs is Regis Marcon. Oysters come from the Oléron-Marennes basin, while mussels come from the Bay of Aiguillon. High-quality produce comes from the region's hinterland, especially goat cheese. This region and in the Vendée is grazing ground for ""Parthenaise"" cattle, while poultry is raised in Challans. The region of Poitou-Charentes purportedly produces the best butter and cream in France. Cognac is also made in the region along the Charente River. Limousin is home"
"de terre, and the seasonings vary from family to family. Parsley and onion are common ingredients in the Allier, while the use of garlic and meat is common in the Limousin, Haute-Vienne, and Creuse. Before potatoes began to be used widely in France in the 19th century, this dish was made with leftover bread dough and was baked with a simple garnish of chopped garlic, flat-leaved parsley, and fatty bacon. Pâté aux pommes de terre The pâté aux pommes de terre, , or pâté de pommes de terre is a speciality of the Limousin and the Allier (Bourbonnais) regions in"
"lemon juice. Hollandaise and béarnaise sauces are emulsions of egg yolk and melted butter; they are in essence mayonnaises made with butter instead of oil. Hollandaise and béarnaise sauces are stabilized with the powerful emulsifiers in the egg yolks, but butter itself contains enough emulsifiers—mostly remnants of the fat globule membranes—to form a stable emulsion on its own. ""Beurre blanc"" (white butter) is made by whisking butter into reduced vinegar or wine, forming an emulsion with the texture of thick cream. ""Beurre monté"" (prepared butter) is melted but still emulsified butter; it lends its name to the practice of ""mounting"""
"used in the cooking here, types include nut oils and rapeseed oil. The area covers the old province of Dauphiné, once known as the ""larder"" of France, that gave its name to Gratin dauphinois. Fruit and young vegetables are popular in the cuisine from the Rhône valley, as are great wines like Hermitage AOC, Crozes-Hermitage AOC and Condrieu AOC. Walnuts and walnut products and oil from Noix de Grenoble AOC, lowland cheeses, like St. Marcellin, St. Félicien and Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage. Poultry from Bresse, guinea fowl from Drôme and fish from the Dombes, a light yeast-based cake, called Pogne de"
"the sauce's ingredients and method of preparation to be a trade secret. The Paris newspaper ""Le Monde"" reports that the sauce as served by Le Relais de Venise – L'Entrecôte is made from fresh thyme and thyme flowers, full cream (19 percent butterfat), white Dijon mustard, butter, water, salt, and pepper. The Café de Paris serves its ""entrecôte"" on a bed of the sauce, on a platter kept hot atop a trivet with a warming candle in the base. Initially the sauce is a stiff whipped froth, tawny in colour, but as it melts down to a liquid it reverts"
"are often listed in the ""Maroilles family"". These include Baguette Laonnaise (made in Laon), Boulette d'Avesnes (Avesnes-sur-Helpe), Boulette de Cambrai (Cambrai), Cœur d'Arras (Arras), Cœur d'Avesnes (Avesnes), Dauphin (Nord), Gris de Lille (Pas-de-Calais), Guerbigny (Picardy), and Rollot (Somme). The very successful 2008 French movie ""Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis"" joked about the strong smell of maroilles cheese. Maroilles cheese Maroilles (pronounced ""mar wahl"", also known as Marolles) is a cow's-milk cheese made in the regions of Picardy and Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France. It derives its name from the village of Maroilles in the region in which it is still manufactured. The"
"Suprême sauce ""Suprême"" sauce is one of the classic ""small sauces"" of French cuisine, that is, one made by combining a basic or mother sauce with extra ingredients. Traditionally, this sauce is made from a ""velouté"" sauce (a roux sauce made with a meat stock - in the case of ""suprême"", a chicken stock is usually preferred), reduced with heavy cream or ""crème fraîche"", and then strained through a fine sieve. This is the recipe as used in ""Larousse Gastronomique"", a seminal work of French ""haute cuisine"", first published in 1938. A light squeeze of lemon juice is commonly added."
"the Spanish ""morcilla"" or ""morcon"". Merguez Merguez (, from ) is a red, spicy mutton- or beef-based fresh sausage from Maghrebi cuisine. It is also popular in the Middle East and Europe, having become particularly popular in France by the closing decades of the twentieth century. Merguez is a sausage made with uncooked lamb, beef, or a mixture stuffed into a lamb-intestine casing. It is heavily spiced with cumin and chili pepper or harissa (which gives it its characteristic piquancy and red color) as well as other spices such as sumac, fennel, and garlic. Merguez is usually eaten grilled. Dried"
"Sauce Américaine Sauce américaine is a recipe from classic French cookery containing chopped onions, tomatoes, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper, butter and fish stock. It is sometimes known as sauce armoricaine, which is the original name, derived from Armorica, the ancient name for a region of France including Brittany, which is known for its fishing. Louis Saulnier gives the following recipe: Américaine - Treat as for Lobster Américaine. Pound shells and meat in the mortar and incorporate equal quantity of fish velouté, add butter. As with many other classic dishes the original recipe has been adapted over time and"
"almost every chef will prepare the sauce in a slightly different way. Modern recipes usually include tarragon, will use lobster stock rather than pounded lobster and often replace cayenne pepper with paprika. Sauce Américaine Sauce américaine is a recipe from classic French cookery containing chopped onions, tomatoes, white wine, brandy, salt, cayenne pepper, butter and fish stock. It is sometimes known as sauce armoricaine, which is the original name, derived from Armorica, the ancient name for a region of France including Brittany, which is known for its fishing. Louis Saulnier gives the following recipe: Américaine - Treat as for Lobster"
"Sauce ravigote Sauce ravigote is a classic, lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, which may be prepared either warm or cold. The warm sauce is classically based upon a vegetable or meat broth, or a velouté, with herbs. Current recipes often add Dijon mustard. The cold sauce is based on a vinaigrette. Many other preparations pass under the term ""ravigote"", but in general ravigote sauces are highly seasoned with chopped, sautéed shallots or onion, capers and herbs: ""ravigoté"" connotes ""reinvigorated"", ""freshened up"". It is generally served with mild flavored proteins or those that have been boiled or poached, such as"