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Worcestershire sauce , sometimes shortened to Worcester sauce , is a fermented liquid condiment of complex mixture, first created by the Worcester chemists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, who later went on to form the company Lea & Perrins.
The pair devised the recipe in the 1830s, however it wasn't to their liking and was set aside and forgotten about. It wasn't until the barrels were rediscovered many months later that the taste had mellowed into what is now known as Worcestershire Sauce.
To this day, the ingredients are allowed to mature for 18 months before being blended and bottled in Worcester, where the exact recipe is still kept a secret.
Although Lea & Perrins are recognised as the leading global brand of Worcestershire Sauce, other brands offer their own similar recipe and may add other spices to their own versions of Worcestershire Sauce.
Worcestershire sauce is complex and unique in its flavour and aroma and frequently used to enhance various food and drink recipes. It is often an ingredient in Welsh rarebit, Caesar salad, Oysters Kirkpatrick, Deviled Eggs and sometimes added to chili con carne, beef stew and other beef dishes. Worcestershire sauce is also used to flavour cocktails such as Bloody Mary or Caesar.
Usage examples of "worcestershire sauce".
One egg slightly beaten, one-half teaspoon dry mustard, a dash or two of Worcestershire sauce, four unsalted soda crackers, crushed.
The Easterbunny, who looked wan and pale, was being fed a Prairie Oyster-at least to judge by the horrible grimace on his face, and by the materials on the table: the eggshells, the tomato juice, and the Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce bottles.
If you don't have time, Worcestershire sauce can be used as a substitute for the concentrate and port, but some of the delicacy of the flavour might be lost.
You can't be in here unless you say the password,' and then show him the passwords and see if he can say 'Worcestershire sauce' or 'Martina Navratilova.
Nick puttered about, adding mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, and pepperoni to the concoction.
Dinner involved creative ways to eat boiled potatoes with catchup and Worcestershire sauce.
She had mixed ground sirloin with Worcestershire sauce, and it smelled wonderful.
Rain, rain, rain, but inside the Ark everything dry and toasty, a pair of every kind and in the larder fine Westphalian hams, fresh eggs, olives, pickled onions, Worcestershire Sauce and other delicacies.
But if you have Worcestershire sauce, or A-l, or anything like that, we add a little before we scramble.