Peppercorn sauce classified as peppercorns, such as sansho. Peppercorn sauce may be used on dishes served at French bistros and restaurants. Some versions of "steak au poivre" use a peppercorn sauce in their preparation. Primary ingredients are typically peppercorns and heavy cream. Additional ingredients may include butter, wine, brandy, such as cognac, shallots, garlic and additional seasonings, such as bay leaf, star anise, tarragon and salt. Some versions may incorporate liquor, such as whiskey. Peppercorn sauce Peppercorn sauce is a culinary cream sauce prepared with peppercorn, which is prepared as a reduction of the cream in the cooking process. Various types of
Allemande sauce Allemande sauce Allemande sauce is a sauce in French cuisine that is based on a light-colored velouté sauce (typically veal; chicken and shellfish veloutés can also be used), but thickened with egg yolks and heavy cream, and seasoned with lemon juice. Velouté was one of the four mother sauces of classic French cuisine as defined by Antoine Carême in "The Art of French Cooking in the 19th Century." Escoffier perfected the sauce allemande ("German sauce") in the early 20th century. At the outbreak of World War I, he rescued the sauce by renaming it sauce blonde. The sauce is generally