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Nantua sauce

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Nantua sauce
Quenelles with Nantua sauce
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Nantua sauce (French: sauce Nantua [sos nɑ̃tɥa]) is a classical French sauce consisting of a béchamel sauce base, cream, and crayfish butter, along with crayfish tails.

It is named for the town of Nantua, which is known for its crayfish,[1] and the term à la Nantua is used in classical French cuisine for dishes containing crayfish.[2]

Sauce Nantua is the classic accompaniment to quenelles de brochet (pike dumplings), making quenelles Nantua.[3][4]

References

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  1. Waverley Root, The Food of France, p. 215
  2. Auguste Escoffier (1907), Le Guide culinaire
  3. Anne Willan, The Country Cooking of France, p. 80
  4. Shirley King, translator, Pampille's Table: Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside from Marthe Daudet's Les Bons Plats de France [1934], 1996, ISBN 9780803278271, p. 153