Tarragon saying “I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.” Fernand Point French chef and restaurateur and is considered to be the father of modern French cuisine was quoted as saying “A Bearnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk, a shallot, a little tarragon vinegar, and butter, but it takes years of practice for the result to be perfect.” Tarragon Tarragon ("Artemisia dracunculus"), also known as estragon, is a species of perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America,
Chaudfroid sauce Madeira wine, which is cooked and reduced to a sauce consistency. Some simpler preparations of chaudfroid sauce omit the use of meat, and these can be prepared as a brown sauce, a white sauce and as a red sauce using tomato purée. A simpler preparation of chaudfroid sauce without the use of meat can be made by using espagnole sauce, adding ingredients such as aspic jelly, gelatin, cream and sherry to it, and cooking the mixture. Another simpler preparation technique that lacks meat involves the use of allemande sauce or velouté sauce and other ingredients. A sweet version of chaudfroid