Espagnole sauce Espagnole sauce Espagnole sauce () is a basic brown sauce, and is one of Auguste Escoffier's five mother sauces of classic French cooking. This sauce was already compiled in different Spanish cooking handbooks of the late 19th century, and Escoffier popularized the recipe, which is still followed today. Espagnole has a strong taste, and is rarely used directly on food. As a mother sauce, it serves as the starting point for many derivatives, such as sauce africaine, sauce bigarade, sauce bourguignonne, sauce aux champignons, sauce charcutière, sauce chasseur, sauce chevreuil, and demi-glace. Hundreds of other derivatives are in the classical
Académie Belgo-Espagnole d'Histoire held its meetings at the headquarters of the Archives Generales du Royaume de Belgique, and occasionally at the residence of the President. Membership requires the nomination of three academicians and consent of the nomination board. There are three classes of membership. Membership is limited in all three categories. During the years of the presidency of its founder, general sessions were held and 175 publications were printed on diverse historical topics. Some publications include: Spanish Heraldry Académie Belgo-Espagnole d'Histoire The Académie Belgo-Espagnole d'Histoire (Academia Belgo Española de Historia) is a cultural society founded in Brussels in 1953. The Academy was formed