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Old 08-23-2004, 07:03 PM   #12
perth
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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
The Roux is the heart of anything that has a really good gravy or sauce. Even with the best ingredients, a ruined roux (and it's not hard to ruin one) kills the whole preperation.

The most important parts to making the roux are temperature and attentiveness.
The words "really good" should probably get bolded there. You can use other thickening agents, but nothing really brings as much as much to a sauce as a good roux. Especially one made with butter.
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