Which grand sauce uses stock as a base and may include tomatoes to create its flavor?

Which grand sauce uses stock as a base and may include tomatoes to create its flavor?

• A. Bechamel
• B. Veloute
• C. Tomato Sauce
• D. Brown/Espagnole Sauce

Answer: (C)

Tomato sauce is built as a stock-based grand sauce whose defining flavor comes from tomatoes. It starts with stock (often meat or vegetable) and is simmered with tomato puree or crushed tomatoes, sometimes along with mirepoix and seasonings. This creates a tomato-forward base ready to be enriched or reduced to the desired consistency. Bechamel uses milk with a roux, Velouté uses white stock with little to no tomato, and Espagnole relies on brown stock with a dark roux and mirepoix. So the one that uses stock as a base and may include tomatoes to flavor it is the Tomato Sauce.

Tomato sauce is built as a stock-based grand sauce whose defining flavor comes from tomatoes. It starts with stock (often meat or vegetable) and is simmered with tomato puree or crushed tomatoes, sometimes along with mirepoix and seasonings. This creates a tomato-forward base ready to be enriched or reduced to the desired consistency. Bechamel uses milk with a roux, Velouté uses white stock with little to no tomato, and Espagnole relies on brown stock with a dark roux and mirepoix. So the one that uses stock as a base and may include tomatoes to flavor it is the Tomato Sauce.