Pikante Bruine Saus

== Description ==
This spicy brown sauce goes well with hare, venison, wild duck, steak, ox tongue and mutton.
== Ingredients ==
* ½ liter stock
* 40 g butter
* 50 g lean smoked ham
* 40 g flour
* piece of carrot
* onion
* parsley
* thyme
* bay leaf
* 4 peppers
* 1 tbsp puréed tomato
* meat extract
* soy sauce
* meat drippings
== Directions ==
# Fry the cubed lean smoked ham together with the herbs in a lidded pot on a low heat.
# Add the flour and let it brown, stirring all the while.
# Add the hot stock in small amounts at a time, stirring all the while, bringing the liquid to the boil in between.
# Add the pureed tomato and then leave the sauce to simmer for another 15 minutes in a lidded pot.
# Put through the sieve, and add some meat extract, soy sauce or meat drippings to taste.
Category:Dutch Sauces