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sauce Bercy

Language: French

Description: A sauce based on stock, thickened with flour and butter and flavoured with bone marrow, red or white wine and shallots, finished with butter and chopped parsley. It is served with fish dishes. One of the classic sauces.


sauce Bercy
Sauces based on velouté, with thanks to the unkown artist in Great Italian Cuisine by Luigi Carnacini

Gender: f
Ethnicity: French
Most frequent country: Widespread
Also known as: sauce à l'échalote

See places: French food and cuisine, Bercy

See drinks, wines etc: Vin de Bercy

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