Sometimes just one ingredient completely changes the flavor of a dish. Interesting and unusual sauces allow you to re-emphasize accents, to reveal the taste of the dish from an unexpected side. Worcestershire or Worcestershire sauce is one such "magic" ingredient.
History of appearance
This sauce is traditionally considered Indian, but in fact, Worcester sauce was created by accident in the first half of the nineteenth century in the town of Worcester. One British lord returned to his homeland from Bengal and after a short time yearned for spicy Indian spices. Therefore, he suggested that the owners of a nearby pharmacy make for him something resembling a traditional sauce. They produced a certain mixture, which they sold without much success in their pharmacy, but it had such a strong smell that they decided to send it to the warehouse. As a result, the barrel with the fruits of the experiments of British pharmacists lay in the warehouse for two whole years until they remembered about it. During this time, the mixture miraculously turned into a wonderful sauce, which was bottled and sold. Since then, Worcestershire or Worcestershire sauce has become an integral part of many dishes.
The base of Worcestershire sauce is made up of vinegar, fish and sugar. This is a rather unusual combination. But these components are a small part of the composition of this sauce. The distinctive sweet-sour taste and rich aroma of the sauce is achieved through a complex mixture of tamarind, onions, meat extract, chili, curry, allspice, ginger, lemon, celery, horseradish, garlic, black pepper, bay leaf, nutmeg, asafoetida, shallots, corn syrup and molasses. This mixture makes Worcestershire sauce unique, so you should not try to replace it with regular soy sauce on the advice of "experts", as the effect will not be the same.
Where is Worcestershire sauce added?
Worcestershire sauce is essential for most traditional English dishes. English stew, roast beef, scrambled eggs and bacon, even banal sandwiches - the English fanatically add Worcester sauce to all these dishes, believing that it gives them a unique and rich taste.
It is especially good to use this sauce as a marinade for meat. A piece of pork marinated in Worcester becomes very tender and melts in your mouth. Many salad dressings are made on the basis of Worcestershire sauce, for example, it was added to the original Caesar salad dressing. Worcester works well in stews, the main thing is not to add too much of it, since the taste and smell of this sauce is very intense.
It should be noted that it is with the addition of Worcester that the traditional Bloody Mary long drink is made. This sauce gives the combination of vodka, tomato juice and tobasco hot sauce a finishing touch.
