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Sauce ravigote fish, fowl, eggs and, traditionally, with "tête de veau", jellied hare, head cheese, pâté or calves' brains. Sauce ravigote Sauce ravigote is a classic, lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, which may be prepared either warm or cold. The warm sauce is classically based upon a vegetable or meat broth, or a velouté, with herbs. Current recipes often add Dijon mustard. The cold sauce is based on a vinaigrette. Many other preparations pass under the term "ravigote", but in general ravigote sauces are highly seasoned with chopped, sautéed shallots or onion, capers and herbs: "ravigoté" connotes "reinvigorated", "freshened up". It