Sauce Suèdoise Recipes

SAUCE SUèDOISE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the sliced apples with a few drops of lemon juice to prevent them from turning brown, as well as to add a note of acidity to the finished sauce.
• Cook the apples in a covered saucepan with 2 tablespoons of white wine. This may seem like a small amount of liquid, but the apples themselves will release liquid as soon as they are heated by the steaming wine.
• As soon as the apples are soft, usually after about 10 minutes, puree them in a food processor or food mill. If the sauce is very watery, you can return the sauce to the pan and gently cook on medium-low heat until the liquid has evaporated, reducing heat if necessary. However, be careful to stir the mixture constantly with a wooden spoon and not allow it to burn.
• The proportion of apple puree to mayonnaise will vary depending on the apples' flavor; anywhere from one part apple puree and three parts good quality mayonnaise will work.
• Flavor the apple/mayonnaise with grated horseradish, about 1 tablespoon per cup.
• I use freshly grated horseradish when I can find it (usually around Easter/Passover) and jarred all other times.
• Yield is estimated.

SAUCE AU CHOCOLAT

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, melt chocolate with 1/2 cup water over medium heat, about 2 minutes. When mixture comes to a boil, whisk gently until smooth. Continue whisking while sauce gently boils for 1 minute. (If sauce is too thin, cook it longer. If it is too thick, add more liquid, and return to a boil.) Remove from heat, and allow to cool to room temperature.

HOME MADE SOUSE

Steps:

• Place tongues, pig's ears, pig's feet, and onions in a large stock pot; add water to cover. Season with salt, pepper, whole peppercorns, sage, cloves, bay leaves, pickling spice, garlic powder and vinegar. Bring to a boil, and cook until meat is cooked, about 2 1/2 hours.
• Remove meat; set aside to cool. Strain broth, and measure 8 cups into another pot. Return broth to stove, and let simmer.
• Peel skin from ears, leaving the ear as intact as possible. Place the ears aside. Remove gristle and fat from pig's feet, and combine with ear trimmings. Cut off large portion of tongue and set aside. Trim loose meat from remainder of tongue, and combine with other trimmings. Put trimmings through a coarse meat grinder, then stir into broth; continue to simmer.
• Slice tongues into thin strips, and place lengthwise into 2 glass loaf pans, 9x5x3 inches. Slice ears into thin strips, then cut the strips into 1/2 inch pieces. Arrange the ear pieces among the tongue strips. Divide the pimiento and pepperoncini between the two molds. Sprinkle with pickle relish.
• Dissolve gelatin in 1 cup water. Stir into the simmering broth. Carefully ladle enough broth into each mold to completely cover the meat. Prod with a fork to uniformly distribute. Let stand 15 minutes, then cover with remaining broth. Allow to cool at room temperature, until they begin to jell, 2 to 3 hours. Refrigerate for 8 to 10 hours.
• When cool, run a thin knife around the sides of the mold to release the souse. Remove any fat that has accumulated on the surface.