Spinach

The spinach is cooked down to create Cream of Spinach.

Tomato Sauce and the Food Mill

Once the Tomato Sauce finished cooking it was than placed in the food mill. This process helps purée the sauces even more by breaking  down any leftover chucks of food  that didn’t cooked down.

The Tomato Sauce

The Tomato mother sauce was cooked for  approximately 40 minutes on a low flame.

Mise en Place

The tomato purée, mince garlic, small dice carrots and onions, and the sachet. All in which is needed to create the Tomato Mother Sauce.

The Roux is prepared in the saucepan.

In order to achieve a good Mother Sauce it is important to consistently stir the roux. As explained in the previous picture, this is known as the  Blonde roux. The mixture will be used to create the Béchamel mother sauce.