# The best sauces of French cuisine

Béchamel, hollandaise, béarnaise and beurre blanc: Escoffier's mother sauces and their great offspring.

- 13 votes · 19 items
- May 3, 2020 · bricoleur_nantes
- https://even.best/en/l/2503/the-best-sauces-of-french-cuisine

## Top 19

1. **Hollandaise sauce** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Emulsion of butter and egg yolks with lemon.
2. **Peppercorn sauce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Creamy peppercorn sauce for steak.
3. **Velouté** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — White stock thickened with roux.
4. **Mornay sauce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Béchamel with cheese.
5. **Chasseur sauce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Brown sauce with mushrooms and white wine.
6. **Suprême sauce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chicken velouté with cream.
7. **Soubise sauce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Béchamel with onions.
8. **Brown butter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Butter cooked until nut-brown.
9. **Béarnaise sauce** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Butter, egg yolks, shallot and tarragon.
10. **Béchamel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Milk thickened with a white roux.
11. **Beurre blanc** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — White wine and shallot reduction whisked with butter.
12. **Demi-glace** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Espagnole reduced with brown stock.
13. **Mayonnaise** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cold emulsion of oil and egg yolk.
14. **Tomato sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The tomato mother sauce.
15. **Robert sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Brown sauce with mustard and onions.
16. **Allemande sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Velouté thickened with egg yolks.
17. **Vinaigrette** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oil, vinegar and mustard.
18. **Espagnole sauce** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Thickened brown stock, base of demi-glace.
19. **Poivrade sauce** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Peppery brown sauce for game.

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