Roquefort Sauce Food

ROQUEFORT SAUCE

Steps:

• You will need just a knob of butter. The cream must be Double (Heavy) cream or it will split when being cooked.
• In a small saucepan melt the butter over a low heat and add the onion. Saute until soft but not coloured.
• Turn the heat up and add the Brandy, stirring for a minute.
• Turn the heat back down and add the Roquefort and stir with a wooden spoon when it starts to melt add the cream.
• Don't let it boil or it will go too runny and may curdle.
• Stir until heated through and serve immediately.

STEAKS WITH ROQUEFORT SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter and heat the oil in a skillet over high heat. Season steaks with salt and pepper, and quickly sear on both sides. Reduce heat to medium, and continue cooking steaks 5 minutes on each side, or to desired doneness. Remove from skillet and keep warm.
• Pour brandy into the skillet and stir to loosen browned bits from bottom. Stir in cream, and return to a boil. Cook and stir until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Mix cheese into the sauce until melted. Pour over the steaks to serve. Garnish steaks with parsley.

BLUE CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat, then stir in the flour and let cook for 1 min or so. Gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly, until the sauce is smooth and all the milk has been added. Bring the mixture to a simmer and stir in the cheese. Cook until the cheese has melted and the sauce has thickened slightly, then season to taste and serve.

FETTUCCINE WITH ROQUEFORT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pine nuts in hot oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, 3 to 4 minutes or until lightly browned; set aside.
• Combine whipping cream and cheeses in a heavy saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Set the sauce aside, keeping it warm.
• While heating the cheeses, cook the pasta according to package directions. Set aside and keep warm.
• Tear the spinach and slice the prosciutto into strips. Combine the spinach, prosciutto, parsley and salt in a large bowl; add the pasta, and toss gently. Pour the cheese sauce over the pasta mixture, and toss until coated.
• Spoon into a greased 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts.

ROQUEFORT AND WALNUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Crush cheese with fork.
• grind walnuts to a fine powder in processor.
• add the cheese and mix together in processor.
• pour in the oil very slowly, as if making mayonnaise, until a thick sauce is achieved.
• season well and stir in the paprika.

ROQUEFORT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan cook the shallot in the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened, add the wine, and boil the mixture until the liquid is reduced to about 1 tablespoon. Whisk in the flour and cook the mixture, whisking, for 3 minutes. Add the milk in a stream, whisking, and boil the mixture, whisking, for 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, whisk in the Roquefort, a little at a time, whisking until it is melted and being careful not to let the mixture boil, and strain the sauce through a fine sieve into a bowl. Stir in the parsley, season the sauce with salt and pepper, and serve it with roasted or grilled beef, veal, or pork.

ROQUEFORT SAUCE FOR STEAK

Steps:

• Finely chop the shallot.
• Cut the Roquefort into cubes.
• Gently heat oil and butter together in a small saucepan and add the chopped shallot.
• Still on a low heat gently fry until the shallot is soft but not coloured.
• Stir in the Roquefort, brandy and the whole tub of cream.
• Stir over a low heat - don't let it boil or it will be too thin.
• Add some freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• If the sauce does looks a bit too thin then just add a teaspoon of 'Mc DOUGALLS' thickening granules!
• Pour over your steak straight away and enjoy! Mm Mmmm.

STEAK ROQUEFORT

Steps:

• Season filets with pepper to taste.
• Cut the cheese in small chunklets.
• Fry the steaks on high heat in the butter, (the way they were intended to be fried before cholesterol was invented); about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare, depending on the thickness.
• Heat the cream in a small saucepan on medium-high heat.
• Add the cheese as soon as the cream nears boiling and keep stirring in on medium-high heat; The sauce has to cook for about 5 minutes to reduce nicely; You should end up with a sauce with the consistency of very thick cream.
• Add chopped parsley for color.
• Put the steaks on plates and add a very generous ladlefull of sauce over the steaks- Eat- Bliss.

CHICKEN WITH ROQUEFORT CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with pepper. Add chicken to skillet and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Add cream, wine, garlic and herbes de Provence. Cover and simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through, turning once, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to platter. Boil cooking liquid in skillet until reduced to sauce consistency, about 5 minutes. Add cheese and whisk until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Season generously with pepper. Pour sauce over chicken. Garnish with chives and serve.

GRILLED STEAK WITH ROQUEFORT SAUCE

Steps:

• Start a charcoal or wood fire or preheat a gas grill or broiler; the fire should be quite hot, and grill rack no more than 4 inches from heat source.
• Place butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; when butter melts and its foam begins to subside, add shallots and cook until soft, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar, stir, and cook until it is just about evaporated, 1 or 2 minutes. Turn heat to low and stir in cheese, cayenne and a few grindings of pepper. Stir occasionally until cheese melts, then taste and adjust seasoning. Keep warm while you grill steaks.
• Season steaks well with salt and pepper, then grill or broil about 3 to 4 minutes a side for medium-rare, longer or shorter according to your taste. Serve steaks with 1 or 2 spoonfuls of sauce over each, garnished with parsley or chives if you like.

BLUE CHEESE SAUCE, FOR STEAK

Steps:

• Melt the butter in the pan and add the chopped shallot. Cook the shallot for about 5 minutes on a low to medium heat, stirring regularly.
• Then add the white wine and wait until it has reduced (about 1-2 minutes). Then add the blue cheese to the pan and wait until it has all melted before adding the cream.
• Stir well and heat for about one minute, seasoning with black pepper to suit. You will not need to add any salt, as the cheese is already very salty. Finally, garnish with the chives.
• Serve up separately, or on top of the steak as required.