Sauce charcutière
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Charcutière sauce is a compound French sauce
consisting of a base of espagnole sauce
with a flavouring of chopped gherkin
s. Its literal translation is "sauce of the pork butcher." It is most frequently used with cuts of grilled or sautéed pork.
Sauce
In cooking, a sauce is liquid, creaming or semi-solid food served on or used in preparing other foods. Sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to another dish. Sauce is a French word taken from the Latin salsus, meaning salted...
consisting of a base of espagnole sauce
Espagnole sauce
In cooking, espagnole sauce is one of the mother sauces that are the basis of sauce-making in classic French cooking. In the late 19th century, Auguste Escoffier codified the recipe, which is still followed today....
with a flavouring of chopped gherkin
Gherkin
The gherkin is a fruit similar in form and nutritional value to a cucumber. Gherkins and cucumbers belong to the same species , but are from different cultivar groups....
s. Its literal translation is "sauce of the pork butcher." It is most frequently used with cuts of grilled or sautéed pork.