Classic Worcester sauce: a recipe at home. Worcester sauce: what to replace

Worcester sauce

Worcester, Worcestershire, Worcestershire - all thisthe name of the popular sweet and sour sauce, created in the UK in the 30s of the XIX century, thanks to a recipe brought from India by Lord Sandys. Today Worcester's sauce is produced by world-famous brand companies such as Heinz, Cajun Power, Lea & Perrins and French's. You can buy ready-made sauce or its analogues in supermarkets such as Auchan or Azbuka Taste (Price: 350-500 rubles in the cities of Moscow, Astana, Minsk, Kiev, etc.). The alternative is a homemade fragrant sauce, the best analogue to the store! So, offer you a few recipes of Worcester sauce. Also we open a secret, than it can be replaced.

How to cook classic Worcestersky sauce at home: a recipe with a photo

The traditional composition of the Worcester sauce includes many ingredients. It is very important to carefully observe the proportions of products and not a single step to depart from the requirements prescribed in the instructions.

Necessary ingredients:

onion white - 1 piece

shallots - 4 heads

garlic - 2 teeth

tamarind - 0.25 st

sardella or anchovies - 1 pc.

ginger grated - 3 tsp

Sweet pepper peas - 3 tsp

ground black pepper - 1/2 tsp

curry - 1/2 tsp

aspic - 1 tsp

bay leaves - 3-5 pcs.

nutmeg - 1 tsp

chili pepper - 4 pieces

sugar - 100 gr

malt sauce - 125 ml

water 110 ml

salt - 3 tbsp.

lemon juice - 3 tbsp

horseradish - 1 pc

celery (root) - 1 pc.

tarragon - 1/2 tsp

asafoetida - 20 g

black treacle (molasses) or burnt sugar - 5 tbsp

Step-by-step instruction

Dip the peeled bulb in the vinegar solution and leave there for 10-15 minutes. Then finely chop and combine with chopped garlic and shallot.

Place the garlic-onion mixture in a gauze pouch. Pour all the peppers, ginger and nutmeg powder. It is good to tie it so that the contents do not fall out.

Pour malty sauce and lemon juice into a saucepan, put tamarind, sugar and black molasses. Add a little water and put on medium heat. Warm up half an hour.

Separately combine curry, chopped anchovy and the remaining ingredients. Lightly add and pour into the main sauce. Reduce the heat to a minimum and boil the mixture for 15 minutes.

Put a gauze pouch in a glass jar. Then pour the hot sauce and close the lid tightly. Cool it well, and then put it in the fridge for a week. Pouch to squeeze every day.

After 7-8 days, take out the pouch, drain the prepared sauce, pour it over small bottles and send it to a cool, well-ventilated place for storage.

Worcester sauce: recipe from Hector Jimenez-Bravo

The famous chef and popular TV presenter offers a simpler version of the Worcestershire sauce and advises that way to cook it at home.

Necessary ingredients:

onions white - 1 pc

ginger root - 30 g

garlic - 3 teeth

anchovies - 1-2 pieces

mustard in beans - 3 tbsp

curry - 10 gr

black pepper powder - 15 gr

ground cinnamon - 10 gr

salt - 3 tbsp.

cayenne pepper - 10 g

cardamom - 0.5 tsp

vinegar - 2 tablespoons

cloves - 1 tsp

sugar - 4 tbsp

soy sauce - 125 ml

tamarind - 1/4 st

water 10 ml

Step-by-step instruction

The bulb should be cleaned, soaked in water with vinegar for 30 minutes, then finely chopped. Garlic let through the crush.

Sterile gauze is folded into several layers. Place onions, garlic, peppers, mustard grains, cloves, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon on top. Carefully pack the ingredients and bandage so they do not fall out.

Add soy sauce, vinegar and water to the refractory container. Add tamarind, sugar and put on fire. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook over low heat for about half an hour.

Then add the anchovies, salt, water and curry to the pan. Boil 1-2 minutes, remove from the plate and cool.

Pouch with spices put in a glass jar and pour in the same hot sauce. Seal with a plastic lid and put into the refrigerator. Pouch once a day to squeeze, and the liquid mix well.

After a week, remove spices, dispose of the finished product, pour into bottles and serve with meat and fish dishes.

What is a simple Worcester sauce: a recipe with a photo

Some progressive culinary specialists slightly changed the composition of the traditional Worcestershire sauce, adapting it to modern life and home cooking.

Necessary ingredients:

vinegar brown - 500 ml

shallots - 2 heads

garlic - 2 teeth

anchovies - 2 tbsp

finely ground walnut - з ст.л

ketchup spicy - 3 tbsp

soy sauce - 2 tbsp

salt

Step-by-step instruction

Rinse shallots, dry, dry, finely chop and put in an enamel pot.

First add salt, garlic, nuts and chopped anchovies. Then pour in soy sauce, ketchup and vinegar and mix very well.

Put the semi-finished product in a glass jar, close the lid tightly and insist in the refrigerator for at least two weeks. A necessary condition is to shake the mixture twice a day, but not to open it.

At the end of the period, strain and pour into small bottles.

What to replace Worcestershire sauce: an analog version

Not all shops can be purchasedproducts from which the Worcester sauce is prepared. Recipe includes a lot of positions, unusual for the Slavic cuisine. Cooks offer to replace the exotic with more simple and familiar products.

Necessary ingredients:

onion - 1 pc.

sprat - 2 pcs

garlic - 3 teeth

table vinegar - 2 tbsp

soy sauce - 150 ml

granulated sugar - 100 gr

water - 2 tbsp

tomato paste - 2 tbsp

cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, red pepper - 1/2 tsp

Step-by-step instruction

Peel the onion, chop and marinate in the vinegar for half an hour.

Then mix with chopped garlic, spices and salt. Place in a linen bag and tie.

In a saucepan pour vinegar, water and soy sauce,add sugar and mix. Put on a hotplate with medium heat and boil for 23-25 minutes. When the mass thickens, put tomato paste and after 10 minutes remove from the plate.

Fillets of sprats finely chopped and mixed with salt. Add to the sauce base and bring to a boil.

Heat the hot thick mixture into a glass jar, where a pouch of onions and spices is already lying, close the lid and put it in the refrigerator. Every day for a week, squeeze out the bag and shake the sauce.