The Epicurean
A Treatise on the Culinary Art — Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s — 1894
No. 445

Champagne Sauce, Also with Chablis, Rhine Wine, Sauterne or Gravewine

Sauce au Champagne, Chablis, Vin du Rhin, Sauterne ou Grave

The sauces may be made white or brown for a base; for white, using veloute (No. 415), for the brown, having a brown espagnole (No. 414). Reduce one quart of espagnole with half a pint of mushroom essence (No. 392), or the liquor in which they have been cooked, also a pint of mirepoix stock (No. 419), add a pint of champagne or any other wine and reduce once more until the sauce be sufficiently consistent. If made with veloute thicken it with egg-yolks, cream and small pats of butter.