title: Venetian sauce
text: # Venetian sauce
  
  Venetian sauce (French: Sauce vénitienne) is a classical French herb sauce used to accompany fish. It consists of:
  
  * a velouté and fish fumet base
  * equal quantities of tarragon vinegar and white wine reduced with:
  * chopped shallots and chervil
  * White wine sauce
  * Herb juice
  
  After cooking, it is strained and finished with chopped chervil and tarragon.
  
  