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    Veloute Sauce Recipe

    July 22, 2012 by G. Stephen Jones 12 Comments

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    Velouté Sauce Recipe

    How to make a classic Velouté white sauce at home

    Don’t get nervous about the names of some of these classic sauces like velouté (veh-loo-TAY). It’s a fancy French name for a white sauce that is stock based and thickened with a white roux.

    The stock used is usually chicken, veal, or fish. Velouté is considered one of the five ‘mother sauces’ that almost all of the classic French sauces are derived from.

    Most classic white sauces are derived from Velouté sauce, which is just a white stock (veal, chicken, or fish for example) that has been thickened with a white roux (an equal combination of flour and fat, typically butter).

    The difference between a white stock and a brown stock is whether or not the bones it is made from have been roasted or not. Stocks made with roasted bones are considered brown.

    From this basic Velouté sauce, you can create dozens of other sauces by introducing other ingredients. The two most famous classic sauces made from Velouté are Allemande (German Sauce) and Sauce Suprěme.

    You can also learn more about making sauces at home here.

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    Velouté Sauce Recipe

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time25 mins
    Course: Sauces
    Cuisine: French
    Servings: 6 servings

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups white stock veal, chicken, or fish - white stock just means the bones were not roasted
    • 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
    • 3 tablespoons flour
    • salt and pepper to taste

    Instructions

    • All you need to do is assemble the ingredients and get your cookware together.
    • Bring the stock to a simmer in a large saucepan.
    • In a separate saucepan, melt the butter over low heat (don't let it burn) and add the flour. Raise the heat to medium and stir the butter and flour together for about 2 minutes.
      You are making the roux. Take a good whiff and it should have a pleasant toasted smell.
    • Whisk the simmering stock into the roux and keep heating and whisking.
    • When the stock begins to simmer again, turn down the heat to low and cook until the sauce thickens.
      A thin skin may form, just skim it away with your spoon.
    • Depending on your stove-top, the sauce may take 5 - 10 minutes to get to your desired consistency.
    • Season with salt and pepper
    • Strain if you have a fine mesh strainer or chinois.
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    Comments

    1. Isabelle

      January 13, 2014 at 2:51 am

      I m interested in the veloute with spinach.

      May I have the instructions as how to prepare it?

      Thank you

      Reply
      • Ruairidh McQuade

        June 16, 2014 at 2:44 pm

        Follow the basic instructions to make a veloute if you dont want chicken stock use veg
        take a handful of spinach and blitz (blend) it through the sauce until you have your desired taste..

        Reply
    2. amani

      September 01, 2014 at 1:02 pm

      thanks for this interested tips.

      Reply
    3. David Northey

      September 06, 2014 at 1:55 pm

      Dos anyone know how to make a Noilly Prat veloute that works well with pasta and seafood? Truly grateful for any advice.

      Reply
    4. Brian

      November 27, 2014 at 1:20 pm

      When working with roux, hot stock is added to cold roux or if your roux is hot than cold stock is used.

      Reply
      • avachef

        May 15, 2015 at 9:51 pm

        You have to add the hot stock in hot roux and stir fast until the sauce is smooth finely and simmer in medium-low heat for 10-15 min., season with salt and pepper to taste.

        Reply
        • Geralt

          September 21, 2016 at 9:19 am

          No, you’re wrong. It has to be cold roux and hot stock or hot roux and cold stock. That’s how traditional French cuisine works.

          Reply
    5. avachef

      May 15, 2015 at 9:46 pm

      thanks a lot, it’s important to know what is the difference of brown and white stock

      Reply
    6. Rispah

      March 20, 2017 at 1:00 am

      In white stock there’s no Browning of meaty bones but it’s in brown stock.

      Reply
      • G. Stephen Jones

        March 20, 2017 at 1:17 pm

        Yes, Rispah, that is true. I believe it’s what I said in the recipe.

        Reply
    7. ryan

      May 11, 2017 at 4:42 am

      A veloute is not a white roux it is a blonde roux. A white roux is for bechemel.

      Reply
    8. ryan

      May 11, 2017 at 5:06 am

      White roux and milk is beshamel. Blond roux blond stock (chicken or fish) is veloute. Brown roux and brown stock (beef) is an espanole.

      Reply

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