How to make a split oil sauce

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I am watching masterchef: the professionals

They have a few recipes about a split oil sauce

Google shows how to fix a split sauce. That is not my question

My research shows this is where they purposely combine a water based and oil based sauce

What would a basic recipe look like to achieve this split oil sauce?



Best Answer

A simple Asian style dressing or dipping sauce would qualify as a split oil type sauce from that description, containing as basics Soy Sauce, Toasted Sesame Oil, Rice Vinegar and/or Mirin.

So would a simple Italian style bread dipping sauce, with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar (and herbs, garlic, etc.)




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What is a split sauce?

That's a short way of saying that a sauce has curdled, or has lost the ability to be emulsified. To make most sauces, you create a thick, smooth texture by suspending molecules of starch and fat in a liquid, creating an emulsification.

What does split sauce look like?

A sauce on the brink of separating will show little fat droplets forming around the edges. A fully broken sauce will look distinctly separated (like it's two different sauces), very liquidy (or loose), or grainy.

What does split mean in cooking?

Cream splitting or separating Splitting is usually applied to dairy products such cream, yogurt or milk when they curdle or separate into curds and whey. It generally occurs when they are added to a sauce and heated close to boiling point.



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