The Ultimate Steak Sauce (French Demi-Glace recipe)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • Mother Sauces Ep4 : French Sauce Demi-Glace and Sauce Espagnole both require solid spots in your culinary repertoire... SquareSpace : 10% off your 1st order using : www.squarespace...
    French Mother Sauce Espagnole Recipe :
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    Ingredients :
    -1.5L of brown stock
    - 50g bacon
    - 50g carrots
    - 50g onions
    - 300g fresh tomatoes
    - 40g tomato purée
    - 10g garlic
    - 1 bunch of herbs ( bay, thyme, parsley ... )
    - 60g flour ( for thickening )
    - 60g butter ( for thickening )
    Instructions :
    Fry up vegetables and bacon in butter.
    Sprinkle flour and cook it, till blonde-brown.
    Add tomato puree and cook it till acidity fades away ( 1-2 mins)
    Get everything off the heat and let cool down to room temp.
    Pour in the boiling hot brown stock while whisking.
    Add fresh tomatoes, garlic and herbs.
    Cook for 1h - 1h30 and skim the scum regularly.
    Pass through a fine mesh sieve
    Add a dash of Madeira. Thicken if needed with a slurry.
    Pass through a fine mesh sieve. Voila.
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  • @tokiomitohsaka7770
    @tokiomitohsaka7770 3 года назад +1628

    When he put that one cube of butter my first thought was “not enough butter”. Immediately he added two more pieces! That’s better...

    • @Psycorde
      @Psycorde 3 года назад +112

      That's butter...

    • @anthony2384
      @anthony2384 3 года назад +4

      nice cook well said my friend, well said 👏🏻

    • @jeshpaul7385
      @jeshpaul7385 3 года назад +3

      How dare you send your beloved cute daughter Sakura to that horrible worm Zouken..You will pay

    • @Solitude_7
      @Solitude_7 3 года назад

      Surely you must be French too tokiomi

    • @tokiomitohsaka7770
      @tokiomitohsaka7770 3 года назад +2

      @@jeshpaul7385 I am from a parallel universe and our Sakura was adopted by the Edelfelt family.

  • @ThisOldTony
    @ThisOldTony 3 года назад +1240

    I printed that thumbnail out and ate it.
    delicious video!

    • @billywang3829
      @billywang3829 3 года назад +16

      This guy gets it

    • @mairnealachcaillte771
      @mairnealachcaillte771 3 года назад +46

      This Old Tony : How to remove burnt sauce from a pan using the Lathe and Mill.

    • @kirkendauhl6990
      @kirkendauhl6990 3 года назад +22

      I forgot ToT watches Alex and then I remember that pastry machine he made for him and I’m like “oh right, they’re probably as close to pals as a Frenchman and American can get”

    • @FrenchGuyCooking
      @FrenchGuyCooking  3 года назад +73

      Merci 🤗

    • @cameronknowles6267
      @cameronknowles6267 3 года назад

      That’s what she said

  • @menpee
    @menpee 3 года назад +1098

    Only Alex can swing from sauces to blacksmithing straight.

    • @sanbilge
      @sanbilge 3 года назад +33

      Alex the Smithsaucian

    • @Glipglop886
      @Glipglop886 3 года назад +9

      This series has become such a journey

    • @feu696
      @feu696 3 года назад +2

      more of a smelter work than blacksmith with copper but yes !

    • @Z3DT
      @Z3DT 3 года назад +4

      He's also worked with Alec Steele to make his own meat tenderizer

    • @sbenaicha
      @sbenaicha 3 года назад

      This why we love this channel.

  • @Livestreamlurker
    @Livestreamlurker 3 года назад +1339

    "I'm never gonna be a grown up. Never"
    Please never be

  • @petesahad1
    @petesahad1 3 года назад +208

    German chefs do it a little bit different. I'm a chef in training who is close to his final tradesman-exam and I have really tried to do some self-reflection and analyze Alex' techniques and compare them to my own and how I was taught. This is the result of my brainfarts:
    Alex uses aromatics, tomatoes, herbs, bacon, flour and tomato paste to create sauce espagnole and he fortifies it with a brown veal stock. In our kitchen we use additional aromatics like celery root and leek and also veal bones and trimmings. After browning the aromatics, the bones and the trimmings and adding tomato paste and flour we let it heat for about 3-4 minutes so the heat softens the acidity of the tomato paste and the strong flour flavour through maillard conversion. After that we deglace the stuff with red wine in short, controlled bursts so we can scrape off the good sticky bits and emuslify them into the sauce while not cooling the pan through too much liquid and turning the browning process too quick into a boil. At last but not least we fill that base-mix up with an unsalted brown veal stock like alex did when he turned his sauce espagnole into a demi-glace. Also like he did we reduce it for some time.
    "Some time" is a whole day until it has significantly reduced to about 50% of the original volume. Also during the first hour of the long reduction process we pay attention for skimmering the building scum and fat off the sauce. The next day we add more stock but also more tomato slices, mushrooms, more spices and some port-wine. More hours later the sauce has reduced enough to a nice viscousity . In my humble personal experience the best way to thicken a sauce is by slowly reducing it until necessary 【THICC】-ness.
    After the sauce is finished we season it - if there is a need for that at all - and then we refrigerate it and use it as needed. Of course we also degrease it some more after it has cooled down and the fat has built a nice solid layer on the top.
    In my humble opinion the main difference is, that we skip one step out in the whole process because we roast the bones and the trimmings directly in the cauldron while making the sauce . After we add the base liquid which can be more brown veal stock or even just water, we are simultaniously infusing the whole stuff with flavour instead of doing that extra step of preparing stock in advance.
    Bonus Points: If we prepare a stock for the purpose of using it as a filler for a sauce we don't really have to pay such meticiolous attention to sifting and degreasing that, because it's going into a brown sauce anyway and no one is going to see a significant difference if the stock is clear or slightly muddy (results may vary in michellin starred kitchens).
    By deglacing with the red wine we add aditional depth, sourness , sweetness and colour to the sauce. By adding aditional veal stock and reducing that for the last time, while simmering it with more glutamin-rich ingrediets and more expensive wine we are increasing the content of flavour-inducing agents furthermore. The end result is a deep brown and gelatinous meat-sauce which can even be slightly dilluted if necessary and if it is too intensive - which it often is - even without adding any additional salt.
    On the other hand this method is unfortunately highly impractical for a home chef since a professional kitchen has such amenities as high-volume , evenly heated stationary cauldrons, a myriad of different spices, herbs, liquors and other ingredients and the most important of them all: a high enough production capacity which produces a lot of kitchen """waste"""" like meat trimmings and bones or vegetable scraps that can easily be recycled into more great and tasty products!
    Thanks for reading my live-blog! If any of you have some critiques or suggestions how you would do it better, I'd gladly read them! After all we only really learn after we compare our skills to each other.
    Have a beatiful day and stay safe and healthy!

    • @bosstalk9093
      @bosstalk9093 3 года назад +2

      Wow danke für die tolle Zusammenfassung. Bin selbst ein sehr ambitionierter Hobbykoch aber sowas wie eigene Brühen herstellen etc. Ist immer echt schwer weil es echt teuer ist bzw. Eine gute Brühe aus dem Supermarkt (3€ 300ml) das günstiger schafft. Jedoch will ich das bald selbst machen.

    • @timlechner5571
      @timlechner5571 3 года назад +1

      @@bosstalk9093 zum lokalen Metzger und nach fleischparüren und rinderknochen Fragen, bei kleinen Mengen verschenken sie die auch mal :P,

    • @beelinekhan460
      @beelinekhan460 3 года назад +12

      that's how i learned it in a michelin restaurant 30 years ago. greetings from ingrid, vienna

    • @petesahad1
      @petesahad1 3 года назад

      @@bosstalk9093
      Das Problem ist, dass die Dinger zu viel Salz drinne haben, was super-intensiv wird, wenn man die Soße einreduzieren lässt. Nehme ich ehrlich gesagt auch aus reiner Bequemlichkeit her, wenn ich für Kumpels koche, aber ich muss es immer ultra-stark wegen dem Salzgehalt verdünnen. Die Soße wird zwar immer noch sehr lecker, aber nie so geil, wie im Betrieb. Kein Wunder, weil der Fond gefühlte 90% des gesamten Volumens ausmacht.

    • @petesahad1
      @petesahad1 3 года назад +1

      Ach ja. Und wir hatten letztens Mehlschwitzen durchgenommen. Das ist Mehl und Butter in einem 1:1 Verhältnis, welches als stärkebasiertes Soßenbindemittel zu unterschiedlichen Bräunungsgraden kontrolliert geröstet werden kann. Je nachdem ob man eine helle oder dunkle Soße binden will. Das kann zwischen 5 und 15 Minuten dauern und es ist ein Prozess, bei dem man sehr aufmerksam rühren muss, weil es schnell abfackelt.
      Ich hasse Mehlschwitzen!
      Es dauert eine gefühlte Ewigkeit und dreiviertel, bis der komische Mehlgeschmack durch Maillardkonversion verschwindet und Gnade dir Gottes, wenn diese Sauce mal für drei Minuten im Kalten herumsteht! Dann fängt sie wegen der Butter drin an wie Zahnpasta auszusehen, wird fest und verliert ihren Glanz, für den man sich so sehr abgemüht hat.
      Bonuspunkte: Spaß ist, wenn deine Gäste glutenunverträglich sind (was recht oft vorkommt!)
      Binden durch natürliche Wasserverdampfung oder wenigstens Kartoffel- oder Maisstärke sieht hinterher immer sexier aus!
      Edit: Außerdem sagten unsere Lehrer, dass Binden mit Mehlschwitze echt hart 1980ger-Stil ist. Traditionell, aber stark veraltet und wegen meinen Erklärungen oben recht selten heutzutage.

  • @kingmike598
    @kingmike598 3 года назад +94

    Alex saying "shit happens" is the highlight of my day.

    • @dmitrixallo7072
      @dmitrixallo7072 3 года назад

      That or his glasses steaming up and him saying “ahhh I see”

  • @brynshannon6692
    @brynshannon6692 3 года назад +395

    "I need copper pans in order to improve my cooking. Do I:"
    A: Purchase copper pans off the internet.
    B: Ask my blacksmith friend to custom-make me some.
    C: *Go to Istanbul and forge them myself.*

    • @ofsabir
      @ofsabir 3 года назад +12

      I don't know if it is his 3rd or 4th time going to Istanbul for an episode.

    • @brynshannon6692
      @brynshannon6692 3 года назад +14

      @@ofsabir Just wait until he builds a time machine out of old ovens and microwaves in order to efficiently grow tomatoes from scratch.

    • @mansfaye1084
      @mansfaye1084 3 года назад +2

      @@brynshannon6692 steins gate vibes

    • @mizzzlind
      @mizzzlind 3 года назад

      @@brynshannon6692 LOL...

    • @goodfood4u594
      @goodfood4u594 3 года назад

      😂😋

  • @Basomic
    @Basomic 3 года назад +271

    I know this is about the sauce, but can we just appreciate Alex as a storyteller? His old videos were great, but this is just an absolute cinematic experience

    • @Jolluna
      @Jolluna 3 года назад +7

      Yes. Now with cliffhangers!

    • @NickyHendriks
      @NickyHendriks 3 года назад +5

      Yeah agreed! The old video's which were just recipes were the ones that got me hooked but the series is what makes sure I keep coming back as I want to know what's coming next and learn from it. Watching just recipes is fun but doesn't keep me as bothered as Alex's new style.

    • @tubamonkey1
      @tubamonkey1 3 года назад

      Perfect editing

    • @goodfood4u594
      @goodfood4u594 3 года назад

      Awesome editing

    • @elguero9279
      @elguero9279 3 года назад

      Props to Joshua Sadler!

  • @helenastenvislavskovic
    @helenastenvislavskovic 3 года назад +1005

    "first French sauce"
    "Sauce Español"
    What

    • @pierrediab-clashroyalandmo4599
      @pierrediab-clashroyalandmo4599 3 года назад +17

      @Luke Perret it's sauce espagnole, because sauce is feminin

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 3 года назад +24

      @Luke Perret He wrote Español (note the tilde on the N). Sauce is feminin so it's "sauce espagnolE". In French gender also impacts adjectives.

    • @_ratsoup1348
      @_ratsoup1348 3 года назад +36

      sauce espagnole was made in france by a spanish court chef i think

    • @JoriDiculous
      @JoriDiculous 3 года назад +45

      It comes from the usage of Spanish tomatoes in the sauce, that Louis XIII's bride, Anne insisted they should use. According to the myth.

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 3 года назад +24

      @@JoriDiculous Possibly similar to Hollandaise. IIRC, the French imported high quality butter from Holland and this is one possible origin. Though, actual hard evidence is scant.

  • @meka-eelpather8485
    @meka-eelpather8485 3 года назад +16

    I really came here for the food content and ended up staying because of the quality of production. Video editing quality and in depth research and attention to detail. All the personality that you Mr Alex brings is pure class.

    • @jamieostrowski4447
      @jamieostrowski4447 3 года назад

      I think there's too much effort going into production but not enough focus on making things clear and concise. Content is jumpy. Someone trying to learn from this to make their own sauce are going to struggle.

    • @meka-eelpather8485
      @meka-eelpather8485 3 года назад

      @@jamieostrowski4447 I don't think these are guides to making the sauces. These are mini-films on the history of sauces from Alex's perspective and his journey to mastering them. There are also short rundowns in every video on how to make the sauces. You need to have some basic knowledge of previous videos to truly appreciate this content.

  • @thedanleduc9695
    @thedanleduc9695 3 года назад +13

    For people who are looking for a copper pan, it's cheaper to buy an old used one even if it looks dirty and blackned (just pay attention to it's thickness, at least 1,5mm). You can then find a craftsman (in France, it's called "un étameur" ) to restore the tin layer (it's ASOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to cook salty stuff) for approximately 40€.

  • @archeofutura_4606
    @archeofutura_4606 3 года назад +215

    The modern demi glace would make an interesting tare for a ramen

    • @aingeav497
      @aingeav497 3 года назад +14

      i wonder if we could get alex or the way of ramen to test this!

    • @archeofutura_4606
      @archeofutura_4606 3 года назад +13

      aingea v i invented my own type of ramen using an italian veggie demi-glace (tasted just as meaty) as the tare, and it was 🔥🔥

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 3 года назад +5

      @@archeofutura_4606 I do the same when veg is in season and cheap. But it takes a crap tonne of veg for one litre of veg demi with a decent nappe. IIRC, Chef Steps adds some gelatin for mouth feel.

    • @archeofutura_4606
      @archeofutura_4606 3 года назад +4

      commatoes yeah exactly. I don’t make a whole liter of demi usually, but that’s a good idea. Meat is pretty expensive where I live, and veggies are usually the cheaper option

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 3 года назад +4

      @@archeofutura_4606 I freeze a portion and give away a bunch. I do the ice cube tray thing and label the bag. Brown frozen cubes tend to all look alike. A cube tossed into veg soup makes a huge difference.

  • @craigmunn9669
    @craigmunn9669 3 года назад +6

    Videos like this are why RUclips should have never got rid of the 5star system. I wish I could like this video over and over! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @ali.aljishi
    @ali.aljishi 3 года назад +61

    I'm more than 10 seconds late, I should really learn to be faster at opening Alex's videos. Best content out there

  • @raydrysdale2726
    @raydrysdale2726 3 года назад +8

    As a metallurgist and sauce enthusiast, these liquids are making me melt

  • @mairnealachcaillte771
    @mairnealachcaillte771 3 года назад +6

    Extreme editing skills, using his utensils as percussion instruments to accompany the background music. who knew!

  • @wolfingitdown2047
    @wolfingitdown2047 3 года назад +118

    Sauce: French
    Sauce Name: Spanish
    Song: Brazilian

  • @zachmonk8041
    @zachmonk8041 3 года назад +8

    i was taught at the CIC that it’s important to not allow the stock to come to a rolling boil even during the reduction to glacé

  • @o.p.k.187
    @o.p.k.187 3 года назад +9

    Fantastic episode! This is a great project and introduction to the mother sauces and I’m really looking forward to your future sauce videos!
    One small thing - demi-glace is not so-called because the combined espagnole and fond brun are reduced by half. Demi-glace got its name because it was actually an economical shortcut to the much older glace de veau which predates the demi-glace popularised by Escoffier. The process of making glace was through a series of double and triple stocks which were reduced while “re-moistening” the stock with fresh aromatics and meat. This developed the complex flavour but was time consuming and very expensive. The roux-thickened espagnole helped to develop a similar richness and flavour without serial moistenings.
    Escoffier though still making elaborate haute cuisine preparations (using truffles and caviar by the kilo!) was actually economising on the approach of Carême and others for whom cost was no object. Demi-glace was an essential step in making the dishes of the aristocracy and ancien regime available to all (who could afford a table at the Ritz!)
    The ultimate English-language resource on stocks is James Peterson’s Sauces. A great resource for anyone interested.
    Bravo Alex! So glad you’re back; I’m looking forward to your next video!

  • @jorgecardoso5863
    @jorgecardoso5863 3 года назад +4

    Man, the production quality and editing of your videos is getting beyond human levels of comprehention
    Lighting, sound, text, music photography, its all fitting together like a perfect dish
    The cooking might be bonkers good, but you're also becoming a master at production

  • @69elchupacabra69
    @69elchupacabra69 3 года назад +355

    Alex playing Among Us:
    Alex: idk, brown is acting pretty sauce

  • @clothyardshafts
    @clothyardshafts 3 года назад +3

    Every two years, I make glace de veau and glace de volaille. Last week, for four days, I roasted simmered, skimmed scum and filtered brown stock. This year, I tried something different, rather than simply reducing the brown stock, I added a huge thick piece of veal shank, a small piece of smoked bacon and a muslin bag of onion, leek tops, carrot, garlic and celery. I repeated this process with the glace de volaille making but in that, I added two skinned chicken thighs, on the bone. Re-wetting the brown stock as it reduced produced a very powerful reduction - I’m extremely pleased with the result. Something else that I did this year was to use a mix of chicken feet, chicken backs and whole chopped up laying hens - the hens are incredibly flavourful. Although my process was relatively expensive ($36Cdn in chicken and $50Cdn in veal bones and shank) I think that the quality of the product justifies the outlay.
    I haven’t made a sauce espagnole for years. Personally, I find thé glace to be more versatile. It is easily turned into a sauce with a mirepoix and a liaison or roux (I prefer potato flour), a flavoured jus or a reconstituted brown stock.

  • @Y0G0FU
    @Y0G0FU 3 года назад +11

    a great sauce elevates a great steak to the ultimate level.

    • @kylenakamura4353
      @kylenakamura4353 3 года назад

      I feel like a fool today because I have never tried a sauce on steak other than the horrid A1 Steak Sauce.

    • @robfenwitch7403
      @robfenwitch7403 3 года назад

      I've never eaten a steak that thick!

  • @lucasishlol5552
    @lucasishlol5552 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for being so honest and showing us that something can burn for you too.

  • @erebostd
    @erebostd 3 года назад +13

    Put your sauce in icecube forms before you freeze it, it spares you the hazzle of hacking it to pieces, so you can put 3-4 cubes out, as you need 😉

  • @jo_magpie
    @jo_magpie 3 года назад +3

    Alex would do great investigative journalism, because he's got the best sauces!

  • @teedoubleu2580
    @teedoubleu2580 3 года назад

    Are you a creative genius or are you a genius of creativity? I think you're both! Worldclass!

  • @pomo1238
    @pomo1238 3 года назад

    The opportunity to cast and then use your own saucepan is once in a lifetime and i could only have that as a dream i never think come true but i'm glad you get the privilege to do so

  • @rkmugen
    @rkmugen 3 года назад +20

    Electrical engineer, craftsman, textile designer (bags), knife designer/sharpener, ceramic designer (custom bowls), inventor (custom cooling box for aging steaks), cheesemaker, pizzaiolo, traveler (travelled to no less than 3 different countries, for inspiration on making the PERFECT plate of meatballs), home chef...... and now, blacksmith/coppersmith. Alex is practically the epitome of a modern-day Renaissance man!

  • @dougamer31
    @dougamer31 3 года назад +7

    I'm so glad I'm not the only one who bends his spoons for sauces.

  • @woolfel
    @woolfel 3 года назад

    that's why I love watching your channel. endless drive to cook better and discover

  • @francescleoduran3412
    @francescleoduran3412 3 года назад

    I'm not even watching for the recipes anymore. I just love watching and listening to this French guy talk. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @v7ran
    @v7ran 3 года назад +84

    imagine alex discovering ice cube trays so he doesn’t have to do all that ice work

    • @williamdeschamps5804
      @williamdeschamps5804 3 года назад +6

      Or just 4 tupperwares instead of 1.

    • @NickyHendriks
      @NickyHendriks 3 года назад +3

      That only works for smaller quantities. When you have that quantity freezing it whole (or maybe just smaller containers) is easier and less work. For a sauce or concentrated stock the ice cube tray would be best but for plain stock I'd say nah

    • @v7ran
      @v7ran 3 года назад +1

      @@NickyHendriks oh yea it’d take too long and it’ll take up more space bc it doesn’t pack perfectly. Even dividing the stock into 500ml or 1000ml portions would be better than just a giant block.

    • @thenotsoguitarguy9429
      @thenotsoguitarguy9429 3 года назад +5

      @@v7ran - But at the same time, how satisfying must it be to get to chisel off a big hunk of stock from a giant block?

    • @t_y8274
      @t_y8274 3 года назад +1

      Yeah but he wants the camera shots of chiseling

  • @ericwaldron3636
    @ericwaldron3636 3 года назад +7

    My favorite sauce to make with demi-glace is starting out with a 50% diluted demi-glace, bringing it to a simmer, adding an equal part of red wine, reduce by half then add minced shallots and sautée until fragrant.

  • @deyesed
    @deyesed 3 года назад

    You nailed the emulsion and got the classic glossy nappe texture as a result. A+!

  • @cocopufer5667
    @cocopufer5667 3 года назад +1

    Alex you are not only inspiring me to improve but you are giving me the tools and knowledge to take my cooking to the next level! THANK YOU much love from Seattle!

  • @stratocasterxyz
    @stratocasterxyz 3 года назад +3

    You really helped me up my sauce game with this one Alex, I really appreciate your content. I am an aspiring home chef who fell in love with cooking around 1-1/2 years ago and have not been able to strop thinking about it since. Your channel is deeply informative and inspiring and I will continue to use your resource to grow as a cook. Thank you!
    -edited to correct misspelled words.

  • @arshbahl1074
    @arshbahl1074 3 года назад +3

    I came early to hear you talk about food. It’s really calming and just amazing to see you talk about cooking since you’re so passionate about it

  • @iansanchez4998
    @iansanchez4998 3 года назад +1

    I like the food and all but the editing is what earned my like. You took the time to sync your knife sounds with the music

  • @SeanQuinn4
    @SeanQuinn4 3 года назад +1

    Alex, ice cube trays are excellent for freezing your stock in an easily available format, just toss the cubes in a container, and bam!

  • @JS-gk9et
    @JS-gk9et 3 года назад +9

    Duh-me-glassss. Got it.
    Never thought of changing pans as the stock is reduced, will have to try.
    A chance to make your own pan? Could never say no to that!

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 3 года назад +3

      Yup. Surface x Height. As fond brun reduces the heating becomes more and more brutal. A smaller sauce pan allows a finer control on your reduction.

  • @SynthesisThirty
    @SynthesisThirty 3 года назад +6

    Alex: SAUCES!
    also Alex: so I'm gonna craft my own copper sauce pan..
    This sauce quest is getting better and better..

  • @forthefestivals364
    @forthefestivals364 3 года назад

    Bonne Maman vases are seriously a collection at my house, glad to see they are useful to you too!
    love from greece

  • @hamishmorgan1012
    @hamishmorgan1012 3 года назад

    As a chef who trained to many years ago it is wonderful to see sauce Espagnole and demi-glace and to explain the differences as most chef s don't know the difference between the two

  • @derrickwan1304
    @derrickwan1304 3 года назад +5

    We have a saucy boy here. Keep on keeping on Alex.

  • @MyPsyche100
    @MyPsyche100 3 года назад +21

    Last time I was this early, France had a king

  • @iyad8086
    @iyad8086 3 года назад

    i watch your videos all the way from south african ,love all of them,science and cooking brilliant man

  • @Christrainskillshots
    @Christrainskillshots 3 года назад

    Love you Alex...you put a smile on my face with your culinary antics😁😁😁

  • @TheCR33P3RZ
    @TheCR33P3RZ 3 года назад +28

    Im not even a cook, I just watch cos im intrigued

    • @MarkBonneaux
      @MarkBonneaux 3 года назад +4

      Don't have to be an artist to appreciate art; don't have to be a chef to appreciate food that makes you hungry just looking at it lol

    • @appa609
      @appa609 3 года назад

      Everyone is a cook sometimes. We cook for ourselves.

  • @LeonardisseYT
    @LeonardisseYT 3 года назад +3

    I would love to see Alex take on the Brazilian national dish, feijoada, beans and pork married together in an amazing way.

  • @awwwyeaboyeeee
    @awwwyeaboyeeee Год назад

    Perfectly described my experience making sauce espagnole. The modern demi is the way to go!

  • @foxfirecreations
    @foxfirecreations 3 года назад +2

    I love this deep dive into sauces Alex! As a wannabe saucier, I’m fascinated with the possibilities!

  • @WizardBoy
    @WizardBoy 3 года назад +3

    When you mentioned copper pans I was like "he can't get anything better then what is here" and then you say I'm going to Istanbul... I had the biggest grin.

  • @robhenry953
    @robhenry953 3 года назад +9

    Not sure about anyone else... but I will never get tired of the whole "chopping to the beat" edits.

    • @petereggers7603
      @petereggers7603 3 года назад +1

      Alex' knife skills: the rythm is gonna get him

  • @elsad5810
    @elsad5810 3 года назад

    That's what I love about this channel and Europe being so culturally rich and concentrated: Alex just casually knows butchers and bakers and copper pan makers, and a few Michelin star chefs and all that, no big deal--!!!!

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 3 года назад

      I'm sure he purposely went out and looked for a lot of those people.

  • @noahvanderveer-harris4599
    @noahvanderveer-harris4599 3 года назад +1

    Ok I gotta say you have the best editor on RUclips. Person just gets how to make an edit satisfying.

  • @Abdullah-oe2xv
    @Abdullah-oe2xv 3 года назад +8

    The final episode of the series: Alex design a copper pan and reduces his stock to one drop super sauce

  • @justplaindumbsht
    @justplaindumbsht 3 года назад +13

    My first and only Demi was made using roasted Osso Buco veal shanks
    Meat jello

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 3 года назад +1

      All jello used to be meat jello like in English jellied eel or aspic. Now most people just assume it has to be artificially fruit flavoured and a colour that doesn't occur in nature.

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 3 года назад +1

      @@tiacho2893 Yes, from hooves and such too.
      Then strained and cooled - hopefully the nights were cold or they had a cold room.

    • @federicoclaps5099
      @federicoclaps5099 3 года назад

      And that tastes amazing

    • @1206549
      @1206549 3 года назад +1

      @@tiacho2893 most jello are still meat jello just fruit flavored

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 3 года назад

      @@1206549 I have vegan friends that were sad that their favorite gummies contained gelatin and could no longer be eaten. I don't think there is any vegetable source for it unlike veg based proteins. I am pretty sure collagen (gelatin source) in ONLY animal based.

  • @Sisterfifi
    @Sisterfifi 3 года назад +1

    My mum taught me how as a child, it’s how we made gravy for roast dinner, no gravy granules or powder here. I went and brought silicone mini cupcake trays in different colours, each color denotes what Demi is contained, red for beef, blue for chicken and gray for lamb and so on. I store them in the freezer ready to go.

  • @Sturmknecht
    @Sturmknecht Год назад

    Editing and music are really on point Alex, a pleasure to watch.

  • @hazer3248
    @hazer3248 3 года назад +3

    Damn nice plot twist at the end this arc is getting interesting.

  • @eskay_mochi
    @eskay_mochi 3 года назад +151

    Should've frozen the original sauce in an ice cube tray.

    • @flawedelectricity4308
      @flawedelectricity4308 3 года назад +34

      Adam ragusea would agree

    • @valourstadt338
      @valourstadt338 3 года назад +13

      If he didn't have gallons of it maybe

    • @MasqueArt
      @MasqueArt 3 года назад +6

      I have a small fridge, I usually reduce the stock about eight times so it holds together when chilled. I cut it to pieces and then freeze it.

    • @PixelatedPuzzlements
      @PixelatedPuzzlements 3 года назад

      @@MasqueArt >cut to pieces
      does it jelly-fy? Only when using beef bones I imagine.

    • @GCOSBenbow
      @GCOSBenbow 3 года назад +2

      @@PixelatedPuzzlements To get that much stock, even reduced, to set into a jelly would require extra gelatin. Most of the gelatin from the bones themselves is removed when you take the scum and impurities off during the boil. Generally you need the fat from butter or a thickener like flour for sauces to set. Also probably wouldn't keep near as well.

  • @eventualreason4666
    @eventualreason4666 Год назад

    Thank you Alex. I made this demi-glace and now am eating a bbq sirloin with demi-glace and side of air fryed baby potatoes with my wife, just perfect. You are a cooking wizard and genius 😀

  • @pantelistiliakos5873
    @pantelistiliakos5873 3 года назад

    Monsieur, you are the Jean-Luc Godard of Cooking videos! I love the Mother Sauces series!

  • @lumo_
    @lumo_ 3 года назад +3

    i wheezed at "it's deeper. it has more *D E P T H* "

  • @chiragostwal2555
    @chiragostwal2555 3 года назад +8

    After all this I really want to know what this man eats on a daily basis or his diet just meat, pastry, tea and that protein powder he uses to get this crazy ideas

    • @MarkBonneaux
      @MarkBonneaux 3 года назад +2

      I mean he's french so....

    • @alessandraoccelli1925
      @alessandraoccelli1925 3 года назад +1

      He published a video about his diet a few years ago. You find it on the channel

    • @arti4choc
      @arti4choc 3 года назад

      ​@@MarkBonneaux so what ? Just curious what you World, think how we behave on the daily basis… :-)

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 3 года назад +1

      @@arti4choc he's making a joke about French stereotypes

  • @garethsnaim8174
    @garethsnaim8174 3 года назад +2

    Alex, loving the sauce series, I am still learning after all these years. Please consider doing a french baguette series, I love making bread, but have never come close to a decent baguette,

    • @chimeracooks
      @chimeracooks 2 года назад

      omg I would loooove to see him take on baguettes!!!

  • @henscheco4855
    @henscheco4855 3 года назад

    I swear without your videos I would have died of boredom during quarantine. Keep up the great work!

  •  3 года назад +23

    Alex, this is a great video, but I couldn't help but notice that you have dust on your sensor 😂

  • @Kevroa1
    @Kevroa1 3 года назад +5

    I swear the mug he was "drinking" out of was empty the entire time

  • @GlassImpressions
    @GlassImpressions 3 года назад

    Your ability to articulate the flavors is my favorite.

  • @n.b.2595
    @n.b.2595 3 года назад +1

    Best editing in the business

  • @eveakane6563
    @eveakane6563 3 года назад +91

    Might as well add "Blacksmith" to your resume.

    • @Psycorde
      @Psycorde 3 года назад +3

      @Marc T METALSHAPER

    • @hang03
      @hang03 3 года назад +3

      well he did made his own knife before...

    • @CyberDragonis
      @CyberDragonis 3 года назад +3

      and tenderiser too

    • @Livestreamlurker
      @Livestreamlurker 3 года назад +1

      @Marc T He helped Alec Steele forge a meat hammer. Does that make him a blacksmith?

    • @Grimes2385
      @Grimes2385 3 года назад +1

      @Marc T blacksmiths make much more than just blades... but if he's making a copper pan, he's gonna be a redsmith or coppersmith! Its gonna be cool.

  • @logandisabatino5627
    @logandisabatino5627 3 года назад +25

    Never been this early

  • @LJAugusto
    @LJAugusto 3 года назад +1

    You create awesome content mate. I love the simplicity and passion. Well done and keep it up!

  • @mSierraEngineer
    @mSierraEngineer 3 года назад

    I've been looking forward to this video for 3 weeks now. Thank you!

  • @mavioz
    @mavioz 3 года назад +6

    Alex, please please please let us meet when you come to Istanbul. I’d like to chat if you have the time to have some tea. Maybe even at the workshop?

  • @hineighbor
    @hineighbor 3 года назад +3

    7:50 that sounded like an American accent

  • @redflamelcd
    @redflamelcd 3 года назад

    I love your beautiful descriptions of things.

  • @richardgreer459
    @richardgreer459 3 года назад

    I feel like as an American this is just what we make as a very standard beef and vegetable soup. It’s made in a less technical way than the French method, but it’s all tasty at the end of the day. Great videos Alex, love this series!

  • @branthuddleston2342
    @branthuddleston2342 3 года назад +3

    A little American ignorance but it seems like fancy brown gravy

    • @chedisLoL
      @chedisLoL 3 года назад

      Gravy is a completely different process.

  • @1111poul
    @1111poul 3 года назад +3

    Alex, sorry My man. But you have to get a propper sieve. Get a fine mesh strainer instead, a sieve with such big holes such as the one youre using for the Espagnole, is too coarse. It doesnt give you a silky sauce, but rather a somewhat viscous soup, very microscopic chunks of vegetables.

  • @TheDentist09
    @TheDentist09 3 года назад

    Love the Kurzgesagt solar system poster in the background. A true man of taste. Not only when it comes to food.

  • @azazel7505
    @azazel7505 3 года назад

    It's pretty nice seeing people from my country help you, keep up the good work man!

  • @KACHUKHA
    @KACHUKHA 3 года назад +10

    That Demi-glace depiction felt a bit... Quick. Is there really nothing more to it than adding le fond brun to the sauce espagnole in equal proportions?

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 3 года назад +5

      Reduction !

    • @JoriDiculous
      @JoriDiculous 3 года назад +5

      Not really. That's it. It will take you hours to make though :D
      First you make the stock, and keep it warm on the oven after it is done. Then you make the espagnole, mix the two of them 50/50 and then reduce it. A lot. The Demi glace can now be stored for months.

  • @ivanamon7191
    @ivanamon7191 3 года назад +37

    Did anyone ever notice that he has nothing in his kwason cup.

    • @HonorabilisMagister
      @HonorabilisMagister 3 года назад +1

      typical frenchman lol

    • @krispy9418
      @krispy9418 3 года назад +1

      Or you know.... it was probably water

    • @muhammadaryawicaksono4232
      @muhammadaryawicaksono4232 3 года назад

      @@krispy9418 or vodka

    • @mizzzlind
      @mizzzlind 3 года назад

      looking at the dark circle below his eyes,I was guessing it was a coffee...

    • @shadowshade666
      @shadowshade666 3 года назад +2

      @@mizzzlind I assumed he was drinking stock at that point.

  • @TIENZ_
    @TIENZ_ 3 года назад

    Can I just point out the quality of the video and audio when he begins prep for the sauce. The music is meticulously blended with the chopping of the ingredients. Great job on these videos Alex! Nice to see how you've evolved over time, keep up the spectacular work man!

  • @Totorosmommy
    @Totorosmommy 3 года назад

    your videos always make my day theyre so relaxing and informative
    thank you

  • @monotonehell
    @monotonehell 3 года назад +9

    Recipe des Demi-Glace avec Alex:
    Step one, travel to a copper mine and dig up some copper ore...

    • @tomf3150
      @tomf3150 3 года назад +1

      That's HTME.

  • @sajadmahmood9509
    @sajadmahmood9509 3 года назад +3

    I’m kinda disappointed
    I was so eager to see his reaction to eating the steak covered in the actual demïglacé he made in the beginning

  • @R168Y
    @R168Y 3 года назад

    I love how you put your adverts at the end of the video. Thank you.

  • @DeanCalhoun
    @DeanCalhoun 3 года назад

    Alex, your videos never fail to bring a smile to my face and some inspiration into my heart. I want to live a life like yours!

  • @snehalkapur
    @snehalkapur 3 года назад +5

    I can trust the chef who uses a screwdriver and a hammer to make a sauce.

  • @adrianmathew6337
    @adrianmathew6337 3 года назад +7

    Alex is the most french non-french guy i know....

    • @tristansimonin1376
      @tristansimonin1376 3 года назад +3

      He is french

    • @ouichtan
      @ouichtan 3 года назад

      Care to explain? I'm a very non-French French guy so I'd love to know what you mean 🤣

  • @butopiatoo
    @butopiatoo 9 месяцев назад

    Nice story/video. Made my first scratch beef stock this last couple of days on the way to a demi glace. Will definitely use some to make your final sauce as an experiment. Love your kitchen...

  • @ItsJustKrows
    @ItsJustKrows 3 года назад

    i love the passion you have for food. its inspiring

  • @lodevijk
    @lodevijk 3 года назад +5

    Please don't peel the carrots if you intend to cook the shit out of them. Most of the vitamins and nutrition of the carrot is contained in the skin. Please don't let tradition blind you. We need to reduce waste, eat healthy, and only after that, make delicious food.

  • @mr1enrollment
    @mr1enrollment 3 года назад +6

    So Alex: Lots of production value, very little this is how you make a sauce. Very disappointed.

    • @Mobin92
      @Mobin92 3 года назад +3

      Yeah, agree... This is not helpful for me to actually make a nice sauce for food that I might cook. Like I'm not gonna roast meats for hours, and then cook that liquid again for hours... Also even if I wanted, the video is edited too "fast".

    • @David-if2hj
      @David-if2hj 3 года назад +2

      I think this is an exploration series when in the end where he actually explains and compiles his gained knowledge, he is still learning and I think he might have teaching videos out later.

    • @Larryloafer488
      @Larryloafer488 3 года назад +1

      Check his previous videos, it shows you how.

    • @Dialandhands
      @Dialandhands 3 года назад +1

      It’s all about the experience and making the best version of this thing. His videos are not for normal home cooks who want to learn how to make stock and broth and sauce. It’s for the people who want to see the best version and the journey of how Alex arrives to that version of whatever he decides to dive into and make. No one but him is going to go to such lengths. It’s not just an experience for him but experience for the viewers. Americas test kitchen/cook illustrated, food network, Jamie Oliver are the places/people you search if you want to learn how to cook something.

    • @mr1enrollment
      @mr1enrollment 3 года назад

      @@Mobin92 I have made Demi Glace,... It is worth it. Once in awhile.

  • @LionChavez
    @LionChavez 3 года назад

    Thank you for burning that sauce and showing it.
    Looks amazing.

  • @LA_Viking
    @LA_Viking 2 месяца назад

    THANK GOD I finally found someone on RubeTube that actually knows what demi glace is!!!!!!