Basic Espagnole Sauce Recipe | Saveur

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp. clarified butter
• 3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 qt. beef or brown veal stock, hot
• 1 tbsp. bacon fat or substitute unsalted butter
• 1 small onion, coarsely chopped (½ cup)
• 1 small carrot, coarsely chopped (¼ cup)
• 1⁄2 stalk stalk celery, coarsely chopped (¼ cup)
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp. tomato puree
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig sprig of thyme
• 1 sprig sprig of Italian parsley