Are you looking for a delicate sauce to flavor your lasagna? Or you don't know how to season pasta in an alternative way? So why not try the aurora sauce! It is a special, very delicate condiment, suitable both for flavoring pasta, and to accompany croutons or shrimp cocktails! Some versions require the use of eggs, but I propose the simpler and naturally light version: let's see what it is!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 82 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
- 400 ml of milk
- 30 g of cornstarch
- 100 g of velvety tomato puree or 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- 1 pinch of salt
- 20 g of grated Parmesan cheese
Materials Needed
- Casserole
- Whip
- Bowl
- Scale weighs food
Preparation
- Pour 300 ml of milk into a saucepan and add a little salt. Warm gently.
- Meanwhile, dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining cold milk. Add the tomato paste and continue to mix with the whisk to mix all the ingredients: the milk will take on a pink-red tint (hence the name "aurora sauce").
- When the milk in the saucepan almost boils, add the milk with tomato and starch, and continue stirring until the sauce thickens: cook for a couple of minutes on a very low flame.
Did you know that
As an alternative to tomato concentrate it is possible to use puree (preferably velvety): in this case, the sauce will be more liquid due to the presence of water in the puree. To make the sauce thicker, it is advisable to heat the tomato puree separately to dry it from the water present: therefore add the sauce reduction only when the béchamel has thickened.- Turn off the heat and flavor the sauce with grated Parmesan cheese. If the aurora sauce is not used immediately, it is advisable to cover it with a sheet of plastic wrap to avoid drying it on the surface.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
Fish, meats, pasta or simple vegetables will triumph in flavor with this special yellow-orange sauce that recalls the colors of the dawn! In the kitchen, you also need a little poetry and this recipe is proof of that!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
Aurora Sauce is a not too caloric condiment base, even if some recipes require the use of bechamel instead of milk thickened with cornstarch.
Energy comes mainly from carbohydrates (mainly complex), followed by proteins (mainly with a high biological value) and finally from fats (low but mainly saturated). Cholesterol is modest, as are fibers.
Aurora Sauce is suitable for any kind of diet, except for lactose intolerance and vegan diets. The average portion is about 100g (80kcal).
