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Recipe : *** Traditional Cream Sauce

Traditional Cream Sauce
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Course:
Sauce

Practical information

  • Prep time
    15 min
  • Cooking
    5 min
  • Ready in
    20 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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Categories

Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Category:
Egg Cheese and Diary
Tags:
cream, sauce, Traditional, tea

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 ablespoons lemon juice
  • fine salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 50 g butter, dice
  • 180 ml boiling, salted water
  • 180 ml heavy cream

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Melt 15 grams butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and stir to incorporate. Cook the flour for a while, but do not let it brown.
  • 2
    Whisk in the hot water and bring to a boil. Then remove the saucepan from the heat and continue whisking until the sauce is smooth. Add the egg yolk, cream, and lemon juice and mix well while gently reheating.
  • 3
    Pass the mixture through a fine strainer. Season the sauce with salt and grind in a little pepper. Beat in the remaining butter.
  • Ready !