Appreciation post: My creamy sauce broke during service.

I was rushing and the sauce separated. An old trick with a cold spoon helped blend it again. How do you handle broken sauces?

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oliver_reed1d ago

What’s the most panicked you’ve ever seen someone over a sauce? My buddy was doing brunch service once and his hollandaise just gave up... he was sweating bullets. He grabbed a cold metal bowl, whisked like a madman with a single new yolk, and slowly drizzled the broken mess back in. It actually worked, but he looked like he’d run a marathon after.

rubywalker1d ago

Does accidentally making gravy with the texture of wet sand count? I once spent 20 minutes just trying to whisk out the lumps while my potatoes got cold.