How to prepare Worcester sauce?

Worcester sauce, also called Worcestershire sauce, is a product of English origin spread throughout the world; Let's find out how to prepare it!

I believe that of all the products on the market, this is the one that creates the most difficulty in pronunciation: Worcester sauce, Worcestershire and so on. It is used in the kitchen to give flavor to meat and vegetable dishes, and a small amount is really enough. But what is hidden behind this sauce, so loved and widespread in every corner of the globe?

Among the ingredients of Worcester sauce we find onions, garlic, anchovies and herbs . Then, after aging, malt vinegar, tamarind, sugars and chili pepper are also added. When preparing homemade sauce, however, this step is omitted due to shelf life problems. Let's see how to prepare it!

How to make Worcestershire sauce recipe

1. First , finely chop all the spices using a mortar or spice grinder.
2. Then peel the garlic, cut it in half and remove the central filament which can sometimes be indigestible. Also peel the onion and cut it into coarse pieces.
3. Transfer all the ingredients into the glass of an immersion blender (the Bimby or a jug blender is also fine) and blend until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous sauce.
4. Filter the mixture obtained through a fine mesh strainer, transfer to a glass bottle, close and store in the refrigerator.

Use this ingredient to prepare an excellent homemade barbecue sauce : you will taste what a difference! It is also one of the fundamental ingredients of the famous Caesar Salad and the well-known bloody Mary cocktail.

We also leave you a video with all the steps but, as you will have realized, there is nothing difficult. Of course, the taste will be slightly different because the original recipe (for example that of the Lea Perrins brand, the most famous) involves long fermentations.

Conservation

The worcester sauce will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator.

Origin and history of Worcester sauce

The history of Worcester sauce is truly original. It seems, in fact, that an English governor returning from Bengal asked two pharmacists to reproduce an Indian sauce . The two got to work, achieving disastrous results. The starting ingredients were in fact correct but the final flavor of the concoction was abominable.

After forgetting about the sauce in a bottle and retrieving it years later , it was discovered that aging had benefited it. Who were the two pharmacists? Mr Lea and Mr Perrins, the founders of the well-known brand of Worcestershire sauce. Since 2005, Heinz has owned the brand.

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