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American Sauce

American Sauce
  • For : 6 servings
  • Time : 1 h 20
  • Difficulty :  medium

Ingredients for American Sauce :

  • 2 cl olive oil
  • 20 g butter
  • 800 g crustacean or clam shells
  • 80 g carotts
  • 80 g onions
  • 40 g shallots
  • 4 cl Brandy
  • 8 cl white wine
  • 400 g tomatoes
  • 40 g tomato paste
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 1/2 bunch tarragon

Technical stages for American Sauce :

American Sauce - 1
1

Sweat in butter and oil for 8 to 10 minutes the onions and carrots cut in brunoise, without browning.

American Sauce - 2
2

Add the crushed and brushed shells. Let sweat, frequently stirring. In this case I preffered langoustines shells.

American Sauce - 3
3

Add the brandy and flambé. The alcohol must be warm to ignite easily.

American Sauce - 4
4

Deglaze with white wine and reduce for a few minutes. Add the seeded and crushed tomatoes, the tomato paste, tarragon and crushed garlic.

American Sauce - 5
5

Moisten with boiling fish broth and add the bouquet garni.

American Sauce - 6
6

Bring to a boiling point and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes.

American Sauce - 7
7

When finished, filter through a chinois or fine sieve.

American Sauce - 8
8

Bring to a boiling point and bind with cornstarch or beurremanie. Dissolve a bit of cornstarch in cold broth and pour in the boiling sauce, whisking. Pour the cornstarch gradually until it reaches the expected thickness, or whisk in the butter until thick enough. Filter again through a chinois and whisk the butter in. Keep warm in a bain Marie.

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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Chef knife (20 cm)Chef knife (20 cm) 25.91 Euro
The Onion CutterThe Onion Cutter 24.40 Euro
InoxTerm 24h thermal food carrier - DenimInoxTerm 24h thermal food carrier - Denim 71.50 Euro
Stainless steel skimmer Ø 12 cmStainless steel skimmer Ø 12 cm 11.10 Euro
Vacuum food saver 1 litreVacuum food saver 1 litre 11.90 Euro
CornstarchCornstarch 2.90 Euro
Knife for sole filletsKnife for sole fillets 22.31 Euro