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roux
flour and fat for thickening sauces
A roux is flour and butter, slowly heated and constantly stirred to form the basis for three of the five French ‘mother’ sauces: sauce espagnole, velouté and bechamel.
The longer it is cooked, the browner it gets, becoming a fond brun.
Text © Dana Facaros
Image by Roger469