Let’s Get to Know 5 Types of Mother Sauce

Mother Sauce is basic sauce that serves as a base sauce to use in making other variations of the original sauce. Initially perfected by the French, all sauces are now universally categorized into one of 5 groups of sauces serving as a base or foundation for others sauces and referred to as the Grand or Mother Sauces. From this basic sauce, types of variety sauces are made which are called Secondary Sauce. The amount of sauce is very large and there is no certainty about the exact amount, because the sauce is developed with the Chef Creation.

There are 5 types of Mother Sauce namely Hollandaise Sauce, Bechamel Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Veloute Sauce, Espagnole Sauce. but of the 5 types of Mother Sauce, Mother Sauce has basic ingredients as the basic sauce for those 5 types of Mother Sauce. The basic ingredients for Mother Sauce are White Stock, Brown Stock, Milk, Tomato Paste, Clarified Butter.

Basic Ingredients Mother Sauce:

1. White Stock
   • White stock is a flavorful liquid made by simmering bones, vegetables, and aromatics
2. Brown Stock
   • Brown Stock is the result of boiling fish bones, chicken bones, or beef bones which are roasted or grilled to release the burning taste and smoky taste
3. Tomato Paste
   • Tomato Paste is a thick paste made from tomatoes that are cooked for several hours to reduce the water content, Tomato Paste tends to have a sour smell and smell of dried tomatoes.
4. Clarified Butter
   • Clarified Butter is butter that has had water and milk solids removed by cooking using low heat.

Now, let’s get to know more type of Mother Sauce:

1. Hollandaise Sauce
   • Hollandaise sauce, also called Dutch sauce, is a mixture of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice. It is usually seasoned with salt, and either white pepper or cayenne pepper. Usually, this sauce is a key ingredient of eggs Benedict
2. Bechamel Sauce
   • Bechamel sauce is a sauce traditionally made from a white roux and milk.
3. Velouté Sauce
   • A velouté sauce is a savoury sauce that is made from a roux and a light stock.
4. Tomato Sauce
   • Made from Tomato Puree which is cooked together with Mire Poix and added spices such as bay leaf, thyme and oregano.
5. Espagnole Sauce
   • Espagnole sauce is a basic brown sauce, This sauce is most commonly used to make demi-glace, but it can also be used as a base to make other recipes such as Beef Stroganoff, Vegetable Beef Soup, and Beef and Mushroom Enchiladas.

Those are few examples of Basic Ingredients for Mother Sauce and type of Mother Sauces that you need to know. Mother sauce is important while you working in the kitchen, Mother Sauce is like a basic building block of flavours for dishes and an important element in dishes. Apart from enriching the taste of food, Mother Sauce is also much needed in many dishes. That’s why knowledge of Mother Sauce is important in the kitchen industry.

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Contributor: Diva Salma Rismala Putri – International Culinary Business 2020

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