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Stock, sometimes called bone broth, is a savory cooking liquid that forms the basis of many dishes – particularly soups, stews, and sauces. Making stock involves simmering animal bones, meat, seafood, or vegetables in water or wine, often for an extended period. Mirepoix or other aromatics may be added for more flavor.
Velouté sauce. A velouté sauce (French pronunciation: [vəlute] ⓘ) is a savory sauce that is made from a roux and a light stock. It is one of the "mother sauces" of French cuisine listed by chef Auguste Escoffier in the early twentieth century, along with espagnole, tomato, béchamel, and mayonnaise or hollandaise. Velouté is French for ...
Sauce bercy. Sauce bercy is a classic sauce of French cuisine. The main ingredients are fish stock, velouté sauce, white wine, shallots and butter. [1][2] Auguste Escoffier wrote in Le guide culinaire that sauce bercy is made to be served alongside fish. [2]
Court-bouillon. Court-bouillon or court bouillon (in Louisiana, pronounced coo-bee-yon) [1] is a quickly-cooked broth used for poaching other foods, most commonly fish or seafood. It is also sometimes used for poaching vegetables, eggs, sweetbreads, cockscombs, and delicate meats. It includes seasonings and salt but lacks animal gelatin.
Garum is a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment [1] in the cuisines of Phoenicia, [2] ancient Greece, Rome, [3] Carthage and later Byzantium. Liquamen is a similar preparation, and at times they were synonymous. Although garum enjoyed its greatest popularity in the Western Mediterranean and the Roman world, it was earlier used by ...
Broth, also known as bouillon (French pronunciation: [bu.jɔ̃]), [1][2] is a savory liquid made of water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered for a short period of time. [3][4] It can be eaten alone, but it is most commonly used to prepare other dishes, such as soups, [5] gravies, and sauces. Commercially prepared liquid ...
Matelote. A matelote is the name given in French cooking to a fish stew made with white or red wine. It is normally made with freshwater fish, and may contain a mixture of different fish or a single species. It is traditionally garnished with small onions and mushrooms that have been cooked with the fish.
Culture of France. French wines are usually made to accompany French cuisine. French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le Viandier, one of the earliest recipe collections of medieval France. In the 17th century, chefs François Pierre La ...