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This mustard sauce is excellent with various type of fish, including herrings, cod, mackerel and sea bream. Preparation Time: 10 Mins Cooking Time: 35 Mins Total Time: 45 Mins Ingredients 3 tbs Mustard - Dijon 1 squeeze Lemon juice For the foundation white sauce 30 cl Milk 1 Bay leaf 1 blade Mace 1 Shallot - chopped 30 gms Butter 30 gms Flour Pepper - freshly ground, white Salt Method Make a basic white sauce… Place the milk, bay leaf, mace and shallot into a small saucepan and bring to the boil very gently. Remove from the heat and allow to infuse for 20 minutes. Strain the milk into a jug. Melt the butter in a saucepan very slowly. Take it off the heat as soon as the butter has melted and stir in the flour. Stir to a smooth paste, then return the saucepan to a medium heat and add the milk a little at a time, making sure all the milk is incorporated before adding any more. When all the milk has been incorporated, turn the heat very low and let the sauce cook for about 5 minutes. Season to taste with the salt and pepper. To finish the mustard sauce… Whisk the mustard into the white sauce at the last moment with a generous squeeze of lemon juice.
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