Recipe Sauce Veloute ( velvet sauce)

Quantity:- 1 liter

Sno                          Ingredients                             Quantity

1                          Chicken Stock                          1.2 liter
2                           Butter                                       50 gms
3                           Refined or Bread Flour             50 gms
4                           seasonings                                as desired.


Methods

1) melt butter in a pan, add refined flour, cook on a slow flame for around 15 minutes, the mixture should only get a pale color.
2) remove from fire and let the mixture cool to the room temperature.
3) add a small amount of stock and blend in with the flour mixture.
4) put on fire and keep on adding stock, stirring continuously till all the stock is incorporated.
5) simmer the sauce for around 45 minutes, if scum appears remove.
6) if the consistency of the sauce is thick, additional stock can be added.
7) cook till the sauce attains a glazed, velvety and transparent kind of texture.
8) pass the sauce through a sieve lined with multiple layers of cheese cloth.
9) some recipes also include flavoring the sauce with mushrooms, nutmeg or white pepper