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Can You Name The Classic Mother Sauces?

They are velouté, espagnole, béchamel, sauce tomate (tomato), and hollandaise.

There are five French mother sauces.

It's the base for pasta bakes, cheese sauces, casseroles, and a variety of comforting classics.

Béchamel is sometimes called white sauce.

Which mother sauce is also called white sauce?

It's commonly served over roasted meats or as the base of stews and braises (such as beef bourguinon). If you reduce it into a concentrated sauce, it becomes demi-glace. Learn how to make it [here](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/espagnole-sauce-231202).

Espagnole (AKA brown or Spanish sauce) is a rich sauce made from veal or beef stock thickened with a brown roux.

It's the base of many recipes such as chicken pot pie and mac and cheese (just add shredded gruyère). Learn how to make it [here](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/white-sauce-or-bechamel-sauce-40046).

Béchamel is made with milk or cream thickened with a roux.

What's the main ingredient in a béchamel sauce?

Béchamel and velouté use a blond roux to thicken them while espagnole uses a dark roux. Learn about the three types of roux (white, blond, and brown) [here](https://theculinarycook.com/roux-what-it-is-how-to-use-it/).

Hollandaise is not thickened with a roux.

Which of these mother sauces is not thickened with a roux?

It can be made with any type of stock and is typically served over poached or lightly cooked items. Learn how to make chicken velouté [here](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/white-sauce-or-bechamel-sauce-40046).

Velouté (not to be confused with the soup) is a delicate sauce made from stock thickened with a roux.

What's the main ingredient in a velouté?

It's typically seasoned with salt, lemon juice, and a touch of cayenne pepper. Learn how to make it [here](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/hollandaise-sauce-recipe-1910043).

Hollandaise is thickened by an emulsion of egg yolks and butter.

The first step in making the sauce was to render the fat. Learn how to make it [here](https://stellaculinary.com/content/how-make-sauce-tomat).

The original sauce tomate (from Escoffier) was flavored with salt pork.

Which of these ingredients is in a traditional sauce tomate? 

Mornay is béchamel with cheese, soubise is with onion purée, and nantua is with crayfish butter. See all of the derivative sauces you can make with béchamel [here](https://theculinarycook.com/bechamel-sauce-and-cream-sauces/).

Bordelaise is made with dry red wine, not béchamel.

Which of these sauces is not made with béchamel?

They are printed in Escoffier's [Le Guide Culinaire](https://www.amazon.com/Escoffier-Auguste/dp/047090027X) (a true culinary bible).

Auguste Escoffier refined Carême's original list of four sauces by adding sauce tomate and hollandaise, and dropping allemande.

Who was the first person to define the mother sauces?

That's eggs on eggs! Learn how to make it [here](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/eggs-benedict-recipe-1925157).

Eggs benedict is typically served with hollandaise.

Which sauce would you find on an eggs benedict?

Start with a simple béchamel and work your way up to a hollandaise. You got this!

Keep studying your mother sauces and you'll have them down in no time

Practice makes perfect, so grab a whisk and start with the classic hollandaise. You got this!

You know some of the mother sauces, but not all of them.

From hollandaise to béchamel, you know how to whip up a classic sauce like it's nothing!

You certainly know your mother sauces, but not their derivatives.

From hollandaise to béchamel, you have truly mastered the art of sauces. Well done, chef!

You know your mother sauces like a true chef.

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