Sauces
General advice:
•When making your sauce, remember to use a large container to avoid any spillage.
•Stir the sauce before, during and after cooking to prevent it spitting.
•Microwave cooking is particularly useful for creamy sauces such as white sauce as well as thick sauces containing cornflower, which cook quickly without getting stuck to the bottom of the container.
•Most sauces can be cooked at MAX except sauces containing egg which cook best at 440W or 600W.
•DO NOT cover sauces, so you can stir them more easily.
•DO NOT leave a wooden spoon in the bowl while cooking. It may dry out or burn. DO NOT leave a metal spoon in the bowl whilst cooking.
•Reheat emulsion sauces (Béarnaise, Hollandaise, beurre blanc) at 100W power, checking them as they heat.
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Roquefort Sauce
Cooking time:
Container: 1 bowl, 500 ml capacity
50 g Roquefort cheese,
200 ml single cream,
2 tbsp cornflour, salt, pepper.
Béarnaise Sauce
Cooking time: approx. 10 min
Container: 1 bowl, 1 litre capacity
150 g butter,
2 tbsp chopped tarragon,
30 ml vinegar,
3 egg yolks,
30 ml white wine,
3 shallots, salt, pepper.
4 people - MICROWAVE
Cut the Roquefort into pieces and melt by heating for 1 minute 30 s at 600W. Add the cream and cornflour mixed with 1 tbsp water. Cook for 3 minutes to 3 minutes 30 s on MAX, whisking vigorously halfway through the cooking time. Check the seasoning before serving. This sauce goes very well with red meat.
4 people - MICROWAVE
Put the chopped shallots, tarragon, vinegar and a little pepper in the bowl. Reduce the sauce by cooking at 600W, covered to begin with, then uncovered for 3 to 4 minutes; about 2 tbsp of liquid should remain. Leave to cool, then add the egg yolks and 2 tablespoons of cold water. Mix and cook at 600W for 20 to 30 seconds. Remove and whisk vigorously. Repeat 5 or 6 times until you obtain a creamy emulsion (the mixture must never boil). The emulsion is cooked when you can see the bottom of the bowl when you whisk. Then incorporate the softened butter little by little, stirring all the time. If necessary, reheat for 10 to 20 seconds at 600W whilst doing this. Check the seasoning and add a few fresh tarragon leaves. If need to, reheat at 100W, stirring as it heats.
