Sauces Essay

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SAUCE What is sauce: sauce is a hot or cold seasoned liquid either served with or used in cooking of a dish to impart flavor to the dish which is compatible (suitable) with the ingredients (of the dish). The word comes from the Latin word “salsus” which means salted since salt has always been the basic condiment. Careme and Escoffier are the two chefs who have contributed to the development of sauces in French cuisine. Careme was the first one to come up with a classification of mother sauces and Escoffier refined the sauces and added more derivatives or small sauces to these mother sauces Demiglace or Espagnole, veloute, tomato and hollandaise are often referred to as the “grand sauces” or “mother sauces”. Modern day chefs also classify mayonnaise as a cold mother sauce. A sauce is considered to be a mother sauce if it can be prepared in large batches, and then flavoured, finished and garnished in great variety producing the hundreds and thousands of so called small sauces. Purpose of sauce: • Enhances flavor • Helps in digestion- sauce can diminish the indigestibility of certain food, for ex- where the acidity of the things like lemon, vinegar or apple ( malic acid) can counteract the fatty nature of certain meats for example roast pork with apple sauce. • It adds moisture to the food. For example white sauce adds moisture to the dry items- vegetable au gratin. • Add color to the food items. Ex- prawn cocktail. • Serves as an accompaniments – cranberry sauce with roast turkey • Enhances the nutritive value of the dish. • Some times gives name to the dish- spaghetti bolognaise. Characteristics of sauce: A sauce may be thin or thick; it may be strained or it may contain visible ingredients. It may be used to season raw food (coleslaw); it may form part of cooked dish (Vegetable au gratin) or it may be

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