[Sca-cooks] Substitutions for Bread in sauces??

[a5foil]

Not completely, no. Somewhat, yes. Both (bread- and rice flour-thickened)
would be starch-thickened sauces. The profound difference would be in
flavor, though, since bread contributes an important depth to a sauce. The
consistency issue would also depend on whether the bread sauce were a cooked
one (achieving that wonderful, silky texture) or an uncooked one (where it
thickens, but doesn't ever go really silky).

I absolutely agree with your comment about the gluten-free bread for
uncooked sauces. I haven't had as good luck with gluten-free bread in cooked
sauces, though.

Thomas Longshanks

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Jones. <craig.jones at airservices.gov.au>
To: sca-cooks <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Substitutions for Bread in sauces??


> Umm,
>
> Making a comment on using rice flour / arrowroot, wouldn't making these as
a
> substitute for bread-based sauces change the consistency completely?
>
> I've experimented using Gluten-Free bread (Mother-in-law is a Coeliac)
which
> works out to a much closer consistency.  The trick is to crumb the bread
> gently, blend the sauce well and add the bread late in the blending
process.
>
> Drake.
>
>
>
> >Hi everyone-
> >
> >I'm working on a Baronial Feast menu (bids close next week) and have a
> >quesion about Sauce thickenings.
> >
> >I plan to serve a number of sauces - "Pepper sauce"; "Green sauce" &
> >"Cameline Sauce" to accompany the roast lamb.  All of these mention the
> >addition of bread as a thickener
> >
> >As we have a number of people with Wheat allergies (and I don't want to
> >deprive them of the "whole dining experience :-p), I'm looking for a good
> >substitute.
> >
> >I did notice Master A mentioning Rice Wheat for one recipe in the
> >Florilegium (Food- condiments); and I've heard that both Arrowroot &
> >Cornflour could be used.
> >
> >Which of these would be the least intrusive to the flavour?
> >
> >Any ideas appreciated!
> >
> >Mari
> >
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