Cookbook:Mirepoix Sauce

Recipe for mirepoix sauce (for masking meat, fowl, fish).

Ingredients

 * Bacon, diced
 * Lean ham, diced
 * 1 carrot, diced
 * Onions
 * a bunch of herbs (such as parsley, thyme, sage, rosemary)
 * Mushrooms
 * 2 cloves
 * 4 peppercorns
 * 2 ½ cups stock
 * 1 glass Chablis wine

Procedure

 * 1) Combine bacon, ham, carrot, onions, herbs, mushrooms, cloves, and peppercorns in a stew pan.
 * 2) Add the stock and Chablis.
 * 3) Boil rapidly for 10 minutes, then simmer until it is reduced to a third of its former volume.
 * 4) Pass through a sieve and use for masking meat, fowl, fish, etc.