Sauce Vierge

Name: Sauce Vierge
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (400 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: about 1 tomato (150 g) Tomato; 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp olive oil (200 ml) Olive Oil; 40 g Olives; 1 Zucchini; about 1 stalk (40 g) Celery; about 1 scallion (15 g) Scallion; 1 Lemon; about ¼ bunch (5 g) Basil; 1 Arugula; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Espelette; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Stéphanie Le Quellec recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Stéphanie Le Quellec.

FINISHING SAUCE · SUMMER PLATES

A finishing sauce for summer plates.

Stéphanie Le Quellec's sauce vierge for summer plates.

On the jar

VIERGE

Method: shake
Yield: about 1¾ cups
Ingredients: 11
Jar batch: 1.05× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 200 ml

Ingredients

Tomatoabout 1 tomato (150 g)
Olive Oil1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp olive oil (200 ml)
Olives40 g
Zucchini1
Celeryabout 1 stalk (40 g)
Scallionabout 1 scallion (15 g)
Lemon1
Basilabout ¼ bunch (5 g)
Arugula1
Espeletteabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add OLIVES. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 1 TOMATO, 1 STALK CELERY, 1 SCALLION, 1 LEMON.
Season to finish: ZUCCHINI (to taste), BASIL (about 2½ Tbsp), ARUGULA (to taste), ESPELETTE (to taste), SALT (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Stéphanie Le Quellec. French. Cited awards include: Michelin 2* (La Scène).

Originally published as Sauce Vierge (Taggiasche–Courgette).

Adapted from a Stéphanie Le Quellec recipe (Stéphanie Le Quellec / Femme Actuelle).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 1.05× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so 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 Stéphanie Le Quellec / Femme Actuelle (published as “Sauce Vierge (Taggiasche–Courgette)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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