Citrus Gastrique

Name: Citrus Gastrique
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (355 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: 1 cup (200 g) Sugar; about 2 stars (2 g) Star Anise; 1 cup (240 ml) Red Wine Vinegar; about ¼ cup (66 ml) Lemon; ¼ cup (60 ml) Lime; about ½ cup (135 ml) Orange

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

FINISHING SAUCE · ROAST DUCK & PORK

A finishing sauce for roast duck & pork.

Humm's citrus gastrique, a tangy-sweet finish for duck.

On the jar

CITRUS

Method: stove
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Red Wine Vinegar 240 mlLemon 66 mlLime 60 mlOrange 135 ml

Ingredients

Sugar1 cup (200 g)
Star Aniseabout 2 stars (2 g)
Red Wine Vinegar1 cup (240 ml)
Lemonabout ¼ cup (66 ml)
Lime¼ cup (60 ml)
Orangeabout ½ cup (135 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Swiss-born chef of Eleven Madison Park in New York, a Michelin three-star restaurant; James Beard Outstanding Chef. Known for refined contemporary American tasting menus and precise emulsions.

Adapted from a Daniel Humm recipe (Gear Patrol / EMP).

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. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Gear Patrol / EMP (published as “Citrus Gastrique”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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