Sauce & Dressing RatiosVinaigrette, roux and the mother sauces, as proportions rather than recipes.KitchenBy volume for dressings, by weight for the cooked sauces.ColdVinaigrette – 3 : 1 – oil : acidMayonnaise – 1 cup oil : 1 yolkPesto – by feel: leaves, nuts, cheese, oil, garlicRoux-basedRoux – 1 : 1 – fat : flourBéchamel – 1 : 1 : 10 – butter : flour : milkVelouté – same, with stockCook the roux 2 min to lose the raw tasteReductionsStock reduced by half – = jusBy three quarters – = glaceNever boil a stock hard — it turns cloudyFixingToo thin – reduce, or add rouxToo thick – thin with the base liquidSplit emulsion – whisk into a fresh yolkToo salty – add bulk, not waterA 3:1 vinaigrette is the classic. Move toward 2:1 for a sharper dressingon robust leaves.Sauce & Dressing Ratioslearnposters.com
Sauce & Dressing Ratios — printable food wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

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14 entries in 4 groups.

By volume for dressings, by weight for the cooked sauces.

A 3:1 vinaigrette is the classic. Move toward 2:1 for a sharper dressing on robust leaves.

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What’s on the Sauce & Dressing Ratios poster?
14 entries in 4 groups. By volume for dressings, by weight for the cooked sauces. Cold: Vinaigrette – 3 : 1 – oil : acid, Mayonnaise – 1 cup oil : 1 yolk, Pesto – by f…; Roux-based: Roux – 1 : 1 – fat : flour, Béchamel – 1 : 1 : 10 – butter : flour : milk…; Reductions: Stock reduced by half – = jus, By three quarters – = glace, Never boil a…; Fixing: Too thin – reduce, or add roux, Too thick – thin with the base liquid, Split…. A 3:1 vinaigrette is the classic. Move toward 2:1 for a sharper dressing on robust leaves.
Who is the Sauce & Dressing Ratios poster for?
Sauce & Dressing Ratios belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning ratios can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Sauce & Dressing Ratios poster?
Taste and adjust after you hit the ratio. The ratio gets you to something correct; taste gets you to something good. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Sauce & Dressing Ratios belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Sauce & Dressing Ratios?
Thickening, Baking Ratios and Cake Ratios sit alongside Sauce & Dressing Ratios in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.ThickeningBaking RatiosCake Ratios
Is the Sauce & Dressing Ratios poster free to download and print?
Yes. Sauce & Dressing Ratios downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Sauce & Dressing Ratios poster print at?
Sauce & Dressing Ratios is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Sauce & Dressing Ratios loses nothing.Printing guide

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