Pikante Bruine Saus

Description
This spicy brown sauce goes well with hare, venison, wild duck, steak, ox tongue and mutton. The name "Pikante Bruine Saus" literally means "spicy brown sauce" in Dutch.

Ingredients

 * ½ liter stock
 * 40 g butter
 * 50 g lean smoked ham
 * 40 g flour
 * piece of carrot
 * onion
 * parsley
 * thyme
 * bay leaf
 * 4 peppers
 * 1 tbsp puréed tomato
 * meat extract
 * soy sauce
 * meat drippings

Directions

 * 1) Fry the cubed lean smoked ham together with the herbs in a lidded pot on a low heat.
 * 2) Add the flour and let it brown, stirring all the while.
 * 3) Add the hot stock in small amounts at a time, stirring all the while, bringing the liquid to the boil in between.
 * 4) Add the pureed tomato and then leave the sauce to simmer for another 15 minutes in a lidded pot.
 * 5) Put through the sieve, and add some meat extract, soy sauce or meat drippings to taste.