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Red Seal Cook

Category - Sauces

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When is a monté au beurre added to a Madeira sauce?
  1. Gradually throughout the cooking process, so that it can be incorporated fully.
  2. At the end of the cooking process.
  3. A butter mount would never be added to a madeira sauce, as there is no need for it.
  4. At the beginning of the cooking process.
Explanation
Answer: B -A monté au beurre is used to finish a sauce, giving it shine and enhancing mouth feel. It must be added slowly at the end. Unlike butter-emulsified sauces such as beurre blanc, a mount is only used to add shine and finish and doesn’t thicken the sauce.
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