3 Michelin-quality sauces at Home
Course Sauces
Cuisine American, French
Ingredients
Red Pepper Sauce- Butter based
- 25 g Shallot, thinly sliced
- 10 g Garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 g Smoked paprika
- 2 ea Red pepper, juice (350g)
- Splash Cream
- 113 g Butter
- t.t. Sherry vinegar
Fennel- Split Sauce
Fennel oil
- Fennel fronds
- Parsley leaves
- Avocado oil
Base
- 100 g Fennel Bulb, thinly sliced
- 25 g Shallot thinly sliced
- 10 g Garlic thinly sliced
- 240 ml white wine reduce to au sec
- 240 ml cream
- 2 ea sprigs Thyme
- 2 ea Lemon peels
- 240 ml chicken stock
Pan Sauce
- 25 g Shallot thinly sliced
- 10 g Garlic thinly sliced
- 125 g Red wine
- Thyme
- 10 oz Demi (1qt Jus reduced to 10 oz)
- 10 g Butter
- t.t. Sherry Vinegar
Instructions
Red Pepper sauce
- Cut the peppers to remove all the membranes and seeds.
- Add to a blender with enough water to liquify and strain.
- Add enough oil to coat the bottom of a pot and sweat the shallots and garlic with a pinch of salt.
- Add the paprika and toast for 60 seconds.
- Add the pepper juice to 10%, and you will be able to see the shallots and garlic.
- Add a splash of cream and reduce the mixture to the original consistency.
- Add the cold cubed butter a little at a time until fully emulsified.
- Strain the sauce, sherry vinegar, and salt if needed.
Fennel Split sauce
Fennel Oil
- Add the picked fennel and parsley to a pot of boiling water, blaching for 10-15 seconds then shock in an ice bath.
- Squeeze out all the water, then cut the herbs into smaller pieces.
- Add enough oil to blend the herbs. The less oil you use, the stronger the flavor and color.
- For the strongest flavor, let the herbs sit in the oil for 24 hours, then strain.
Fennel Base
- Thinnly slice the fennel bulb on a mandolin. Try to not use any green parts.
- To a pan, add enough oil to coat the bottom with the shallot, garlic, shaved fennel, a pinch of salt and sweat.
- Add in the white wine and cook au sec or almost dry.
- Add in the heavy cream, chicken stock, thyme and lemon peels.
- Cook on medium heat and reduce by half, 10-15 minutes.
- Blend in a blender, season with lemon and salt then strain.
- Add in the oil right before serving.
Pan Sauce
- Remove your protein from the pan and drain off any excess fat.
- Add in the shallots and garlic to the pan sweat.
- Add the wine and cook au sec (almost dry).
- Add in the demi glace and cook until nappe or to coat the back of a spoon.
- Finish with butter, sherry vinegar and salt if needed.
Keyword Butter sauces, Pan Sauces, sauces, Split sauces




