Kitchen Notebook
Chapter I · Salads & Starters

Walnut Sauce with Four Variations

A thick sauce of walnuts with onion, carrot and spices. Mushrooms, cheese, aubergine or pickled cucumber are added to the base.

Steps

  1. 1. Mince the walnuts.

  2. 2. Grate the onions and carrots finely or medium and fry them lightly over low heat.

  3. 3. Mix the walnuts, garlic, spices, herbs, onion and carrot.

  4. 4. Add one of the extras: mushrooms for a mushroom sauce, cheese for a cheese one, aubergine for an aubergine one, pickled cucumber with dill, garlic and mayonnaise for a cucumber one.

  5. 5. Cool the broth, stir it carefully into the mixture until it is as thick as sour cream. Add the sour cream or yoghurt.