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Classic Tartar Sauce
This classic sauce is based on a
simple fresh mayonnaise base with additional ingredients as flavorings. This
is great accompaniment to crab cakes or other fried fish.
Makes:
About 1 1/2 cups
I N G R E D I E N T S
Mayonnaise
2 egg yolks
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons wine vinegar
1 to 1 1/2 cups oil
Additions For Tartar Sauce
1 tablespoon finely chopped sour gherkins
1 tablespoon capers
1 tablespoon fines herbes
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N S T R U C T I O N S
Put egg yolks in a
warmed dry bowl. Season with salt and pepper, and whisk for about a
minute or until the yolks become slightly paler in color. Add the
vinegar and whisk until thoroughly mixed.
Whisking constantly add the oil drop by drop to begin with. When the
sauce starts to thicken, pour in the remaining oil in a thin steady stream
whisking rhythmically. Add only enough oil to give the mayonnaise a
soft but firm consistency. It should be firm enough to hold its shape
when lifted with a spoon. If it is too thick then whisk in 1 to 2
teaspoons of additional vinegar or warm water.
To make tartar sauce blend in the chopped gherkins, capers and fines herbes.
Serve with fresh, hot crab cakes.
Quick Tartar Sauce
For a quick tartar sauce use 1 1/2 cup good quality commercially prepared
mayonnaise and stir in the capers, gherkins and fines herbes.
Crab Cake Sauce
Recipes
Classic Tartar Sauce - Make a fresh
mayonnaise or use premade. Additions include sour gherkins, capers and fines
herbes.
Crab Cake Sauce - Uses sour cream,
mayonnaise, cottage cheese, salsa, lemon and yogurt.
Chipotle Sauce - includes canned
chipotles in adobo sauce, mayonnaise and roasted red peppers. |
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