Swedish brown sauce

Created on 2020-12-03
Last updated on 2021-02-21

Adapted from IKEA MEATBALLS AT HÖME - CREAM SAUCE by IKEA UK @ Twitter (2020-12-03)

Estimated time needed: At least 9 minutes. At most 9 minutes.

Ingredients

300 g water
165 g double cream approximately 37 % fat, 150 ml is ≈ 165 g.
40 g butter
40 g flour
10 g vegetable bouillon 3.8% salt
10 g beef bouillon 3.8% salt
8 g soy sauce 1 tsp is ≈ 4 g.
7 g Dijon mustard 1 tsp is ≈ 7 g.

Scaling

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Timeline

Directions

Active time 2 minutes

  • 40 g butter

Melt butter

Active time 2 minutes

  • 40 g flour

Add flour and brown:

Whisk in the flour and brown it for 2 minutes (while whisking).

Active time 1 minutes

  • 10 g vegetable bouillon | 3.8% salt
  • 10 g beef bouillon | 3.8% salt
  • 300 g water

Add stock:

While continuing to stir, add vegetable and beef stock. (The original recipe called for 150 ml of beef stock and 150 ml of vegetable stock. However, it's easier for us to scale it when it's given in terms of bouillon, which we can readily obtain in cubes or granulated.)

Active time 1 minutes

  • 165 g double cream | approximately 37 % fat, 150 ml is ≈ 165 g.
  • 8 g soy sauce | 1 tsp is ≈ 4 g.
  • 7 g Dijon mustard | 1 tsp is ≈ 7 g.

Add cream and seasoning

Active time 3 minutes

Bring to simmer and allow to thicken