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Sauce Normande (for fish)
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.
Here is the version to accompany fish or shellfish.
239 K 3.6/5 (85 reviews)
40 min.
Easy
1 litre 500 ml
11 IngredientsLast modified on: January 1st 2020
For 1 litre 500 ml, you will need:
- 1
90 g butter - 2
90 g flour - 3
600 g mushrooms - 4
6 shallots - 5 90 g butter
- 6
12 sprigs parsley - 7
300 ml dry white wine - 8
1 litre 50 ml fish fumet - 9
450 ml liquid cream - 10
salt - 11
pepper - Total weight: 2,370 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 25 min.
All in all: 40 min.
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Step by step recipe
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.
You have now made a blond roux, like for a bechamel sauce.
Stage 3 - 7 min.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
In a medium-sized pan, melt 90 g butter then add the shallots, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Add mushrooms, 12 sprigs parsley whole (it is important to include the stalks) and mix well.
Stage 7 - 7 min.
Add 300 ml dry white wine and leave to reduce by 3/4.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Add 1 litre 50 ml fish fumet (stock) and bring to the boil.
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.Stage 10 - 3 min.
Strain the sauce through a fine strainer, collecting the liquid in a saucepan. Discard the contents of the strainer.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Finish by adding 450 ml liquid cream, bring to the boil and leave on low heat for 5 minutes.
Your sauce normande is ready.
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.
Source: After Gaston Lenôtre.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 30 RDI=10 % | 120 RDI=10 % | 150 RDI=20 % | 2,290 RDI=110 % | 9,590 RDI: 110 % |
| Per 100 g | 1 RDI=0 % | 5 RDI=0 % | 6 RDI=1 % | 100 RDI=5 % | 400 RDI: 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 litre 500 ml : 41.35 €
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