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Sauce Normande (for fish)

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Sauce Normande (or Normandy sauce) is a classic of French cuisine. It is rather "old school", but deliciously velvety and comes in two versions, one for meat and one for seafood.

Here is the version to accompany fish or shellfish.

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Last modified on: January 1^st 2020

Keywords for this recipe:SauceNormandyCreamFish

For 500 ml, you will need:

• 0 30 g butter
• 1 30 g flour
• 2 200 g mushrooms
• 3 2 shallots
• 4 30 g butter
• 5 4 sprigs parsley
• 6 100 ml dry white wine
• 7 350 ml fish fumet
• 8 150 ml liquid cream
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 940 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
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Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 2 min.

Make the blond roux

Melt 30 g butter in a small pan.

Add 30 g flour all at once.

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Stage 2 - 6 min.

Mix thoroughly using a wooden spatula, then stir constantly on low heat until the mixture takes on a light "blond" colour. Take off the heat immediately and leave to cool.

You have now made a blond roux, like for a bechamel sauce.

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Stage 3 - 7 min.

Prepare the flavouring

Peel 200 g mushrooms (if necessary) and chop small. Set aside.

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Stage 4 - 3 min.

Prepare 2 shallots.

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Stage 5 - 1 min.

In a medium-sized pan, melt 30 g butter then add the shallots, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

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Stage 6 - 1 min.

Add mushrooms, 4 sprigs parsley whole (it is important to include the stalks) and mix well.

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Stage 7 - 7 min.

Add 100 ml dry white wine and leave to reduce by 3/4.

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Stage 8 - 3 min.

Add 350 ml fish fumet (stock) and bring to the boil.

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Stage 9 - 2 min.

Finish the sauce

Add the blond roux all at once and beat in with a whisk. The mixture will thicken immediately.

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Stage 10 - 3 min.

Strain the sauce through a fine strainer, collecting the liquid in a saucepan. Discard the contents of the strainer.

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Stage 11 - 5 min.

Finish by adding 150 ml liquid cream, bring to the boil and leave on low heat for 5 minutes.

Your sauce normande is ready.

Remarks

For a more modern touch, you can replace the roux with a little cornflour (corn starch) mixed with cold water.

Keeping:

1 or 2 days in the fridge covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,210 Kcal or 5,066 Kj	14 gr	47 gr	96 gr
61 %	6 %	4 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
129 Kcal or 540 Kj	2 gr	5 gr	10 gr
6 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

• For 500 ml : 14.38 €

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Source

After Gaston Lenôtre.

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	Fish fumet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salmon with sorrel, Fish Mousselines, Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Pollack Parmentier, ... All
	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick flaky pizza, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Stuffed mushrooms au gratin, Sautéd mushrooms with spring onions and cured ham, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Mousse with two chocolates, Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Vegetable rosette tart, ... All
	Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cured Pork Belly With Lentils, Filet mignon with mustard and tarragon sauce, Curried prawn risotto, French onion soup, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, ... All

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