Description
Liquid, cream, or semi-solid food served on or used in preparing other foods
Technical
In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavour, texture, and visual appeal to a dish. Sauce is a French word probably from the post-classical Latin salsa, derived from the classical salsus 'salted'. Possibly the oldest recorded European sauce is garum, the fish sauce used by the Ancient Romans, while doubanjiang, the Chinese soy bean paste, is mentioned in Rites of Zhou 20.
Sensory Profile
Aroma ()
Wine Analogy
Like a full-bodied Burgundy wine with layered complexity
Coffee Analogy
Similar to the velvety mouthfeel of a well-made espresso crema
Perfume Analogy
Resembles the base notes of an amber gourmand fragrance
Origin & History
Civilization
Ancient Greeks
Era
5th century BCE
Region
Mediterranean
Spread Path
Trade routes through the Roman Empire