Unless you're a seasoned cook, the idea of the five mother sauces may sound intimidating -- if you've heard of them at all.

a bowl of demi-glace with a spoon - KOHUKU/Shutterstock Look into recipes of classic French cuisine, and it won't be long before you see mention of the five mother sauces. Accredited to the 19th ...

Look into recipes of classic French cuisine, and it won't be long before you see mention of the five mother sauces. Accredited to the 19th-century chef Marie-Antoine Carême, and later updated by ...

A béchamel sauce is one of the French "mother sauces" and is a really good ... which will take approximately 5 minutes. Then remove the saucepan from the heat and strain the milk into a jug ...

A béchamel sauce is one of the French "mother sauces" and is a really good one to learn. Each serving provides 640 kcal, 16g protein, 34g carbohydrates (of which 19g sugars), 48g fat (of which ...

Although a list of French sauces could go on and on, they can actually be divided into just a few families, with hollandaise being a “mother” sauce — the mother of the egg yolk-and-butter ...