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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bearnaise sauce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) |
 | | Bearnaise sauce (French: Sauce Béarnaise) is a sauce of butter and egg yolks flavored with tarragon and shallots, with chervil, cooked in wine and vinegar to make a glaze. |
 | | The sauce was likely first made by the chef Collinet, the inventor of puffed potatoes (pommes de terres soufflés) and served at the 1836 opening of "Le Pavillon Henri IV", a restaurant at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, not far from Paris. |
 | | Sauces may be prepared sauces, such as soy sauce, which are usually bought, not made, by the cook; or cooked sauces, such as Béchamel sauce, which are generally made just before serving. |
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