2007-02-26 02:28:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
A roux is a mixture of butter and flour, cooked until bubbly.
It can be browned very deeply, then used as the basis for etouffe and brown sauce. If not browned at all, it is the base of bechamel, veloute, or white sauce. By cooking the flour in the butter, the starch granulesin the flour begin to break. Then when liquid is added, the granules absorb the liquid, thickening the sauce
2007-02-26 23:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by PKP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A roux is a thickening agent made from equal amounts of flour and fat that is commonly found in sauces, gravies, soups, and Cajun/Creole cookery. A roux is great to use for thickening soups.
2007-02-26 02:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a base for making sauces and soups. You saute butter or fat, add flour and saute until either it's either golden or brown paste. This is a roux and you can add broth or other liquids to make things like brocoli cheese soup, alfredo type sauces, or even curry sauces.
2007-02-26 02:33:17 · answer #3 · answered by Animal 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A thickenning agent for cooking
Equal portions of butter and flour mixed
2007-02-28 18:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
flour toasted in hot fat untill it is fully cooked, it can then be used to thicken soups and sauces, without the chance of forming lumps
2007-02-26 02:32:14 · answer #5 · answered by marduk D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a mixture of flour and fat...usually butter or oil. it's used predominantely in french/creole cooking and is for thickening,soups,stews and for flavouring!
2007-02-26 02:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the basis to soup or sauce that they make. Usually done for gumbo.
2007-02-28 12:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equal portions of butter (fat) and flour mixed and cooked together
2007-02-26 02:38:41 · answer #8 · answered by J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burned flour!
2007-02-26 09:13:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its that **** thar makes gumbo so damn good. damn, im gonna ask my mom to make that **** today. hell yeah!
2007-02-26 02:32:01 · answer #10 · answered by teal'c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋