CXLD E - Awesome Sauces: Sauce Making

A well-made sauce can magically enhance the taste and quality of a dish. Join us as we master the time-honored techniques of classic and modern sauce-making techniques. Tasting-size portions of meat, vegetables and starch will accompany the sauces.

Menu:

• Sauce Bordelaise
• Chimichurri
• Béarnaise Sauce
• Sauce Chasseur (Wine, Shallot and Mushroom "Hunter's Sauce")
• Roasted Red Pepper and Charred Onion Coulis

Skills covered in class:

• Preparing reductions
• Using roux as a thickening agent
• Deglazing
• Balancing flavors
• Making a pan sauce
• Sautéing mushrooms
• Preparing hot emulsions and fresh herb sauces
• Roasting peppers
• Charring vegetables