Comeback Sauce

Name: Comeback Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 630 ml
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 473 ml Mayo; 60 ml Horseradish; 30 ml Grain Mustard; 120 g Celery; 20 g Shallot; 1 Lemon; 7.5 ml Garlic; 60 ml Parsley; 60 ml Cornichon; 30 ml Capers; 7.5 g Salt; 3.5 g Pepper; 4 g Cayenne

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Adam Evans recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Adam Evans.

Comeback from a national-award-winning chef.

Ratio

Mayo 473 mlHorseradish 60 mlGrain Mustard 30 mlGarlic 8 mlParsley 60 mlCornichon 60 ml

Ingredients

Mayo — 473 ml
Horseradish — 60 ml
Grain Mustard — 30 ml
Celery — 120 g
Shallot — 20 g
Lemon — 1 each
Garlic — 7.5 ml
Parsley — 60 ml
Cornichon — 60 ml
Capers — 30 ml
Salt — 7.5 g
Pepper — 3.5 g
Cayenne — 4 g

Method

This sauce needs a blender — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

Provenance

Adam Evans works in Gulf seafood / Southern at Automatic Seafood and Oysters; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: South 2022 (Automatic Seafood and Oysters).

Adapted from a Adam Evans recipe (Adam Evans / Garden & Gun (rock-salt shrimp)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces.

What do the quantities mean?

Amounts in the ingredient list are from the published source, converted to ml and grams where the ingredient allows. On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Adam Evans / Garden & Gun (rock-salt shrimp) (published as “Comeback Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.