Demi Glaze - Make your own or buy it ready made?

[Morphia]

I make my own and gonna make some this weekend too.

What say you?

[Major Nikon]

1. I think it behooves one to master all of the French mother sauces

Demi Glaze is just one thing that stems from that. There are countless others. It also gives you the knowledge and experience to make your own culinary creations. It's one of the first things most culinary schools teach.

[Morphia]

2. I do agree, everyone should be able to create the mother sauces at home

none of the basic ones are very difficult to do at home either but demi glaze does take up a fair amount of time so I was curious if others were here in the group that also put in the effort for demi glaze.

As far as the mother sauces go ....
Once you make your own mayo you just can't go back to that stuff in a jar.

[sir pball]

3. I always make it, but it gets tiresome sometimes.

I go big, not home - I have a 30-quart pot that I stuff with roasted bones I get from the butcher, usually a hodgepodge of beef and pork. It's great to make enough to yield a few pints, but man it gets annoying reducing it. Two window fans in the kitchen and the walls still drip..