Thermidor sauce

It struck me that thermidor sauce, the sauce used in lobster thermidor would be just as good with vegetables or pasta so I have added it as a recipe in its own right.

Thermidor sauce

Servings:	Serves 2
Calories per serving:	736
Ready in:	35 minutes
Prep. time:	10 minutes
Cook time:	25 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	17th January 2013

Best recipe review Even good with vegetables 5/5 Doesn't need to be served with lobster. It's great with pasta and vegetables Paul R Smith

Ingredients

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• 50 g (2 oz) butter
• 2 tablespoons onion or shallots, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 275 ml (1/2 pint) full cream milk
• 5 tablespoons (60 ml) dry sherry
• 25 g (1 oz) plain flour
• good pinch of salt
• good pinch of paprika powder (not smoked)
• good pinch of mustard powder
• 5 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
• grind of black pepper

Mise en place

• Preheat the grill.

Method

1. Melt half of the butter in a pan and gently sauté the onions until translucent.
2. Add the flour, mix into a roux and then gradually stir in the milk.
3. Add the parsley and tarragon.
4. Mix in the sherry and spices, season to taste and adjust to your liking.
5. Add the remaining butter and half of the cheese.
6. Mix well, if you are adding cooked pasta or vegetables add them at this point. Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased baking tray.
7. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and brown under the grill.

Variations

Add lots of Crushed garlic with the onions.

Chef's notes

If you are struggling to get hold of fresh tarragon, at a push you could add 1 heaped teaspoon of dried tarragon to a little boiled water, allow it to rehydrate, drain any liquid and then use, however, fresh is plainly better.

See also

Interesting lobster recipes

• All about the lobster
• Lobster roll - a kind of sandwich filled with lobster meat
• Lobster thermidor - lobster cooked with a rich creamy seafood sauce, topped with parmesan cheese
• Lobster Newberg - the story of how Lobster a la Wenberg became Lobster a la Newberg
• Bill Granger's Lobster with Preserved Lemon - Australian chef and restaurateur, Bill Granger shows us an unusual way to prepare lobster tails with preserved lemons
• Spicy prawn ravioli in lobster bisque - a pasta dish with lobster meat
• Lobster and coconut soup with ginger - a Delia Smith cheat to turn a great soup into a brilliant one
• Peppers stuffed with lobster cream (TM) - small sweet peppers filled with a creamy seafood sauce, created with Thermomix
• Lobster bisque - make the classic lobster soup at home
• Prawn thermidor - an economical way to assimilate the classic lobster dish
• Thermidor sauce - make the classic thermidor sauce to use with pasta, vegetables or even as a dip
• Dublin lawyer - a rich Irish seafood dish utilising fresh lobster, cream, whiskey and sometimes mushrooms
• Salmon and prawn tagliatelle - a seafood dish using lobster bisque
• Fish chunks in lobster sauce with fresh pasta - another seafood dish using lobster bisque

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