Pikante Bruine Saus

Description
This spicy brown sauce goes well with hare, venison, wild duck, steak, ox tongue and mutton.

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.