Mirepoix
Mirepoix teaches the five mother sauces — béchamel, velouté, espagnole, tomato and hollandaise — the derivatives that branch off them, and the technique underneath: roux, emulsion, reduction, deglazing, nappe, plating. Every sauce carries its ratio, so you can cook without the recipe once you know it. Scale the servings and the quantities follow; switch between metric and imperial; use cook mode at the stove and the screen stays awake. Everything is on the device. No account, no server, no ads.
Mirepoix is an iPhone app for gourmet chef recipes built on the five French mother sauces, with every derivative sauce, its ratio, the technique behind it and a hands-free cook mode.
Features
- Sauce tree: béchamel, velouté, espagnole, tomato and hollandaise, each opening into the classical sauces built on it
- Every sauce carries its ratio, such as equal weights of butter and flour for a roux
- Technique lessons: emulsions, roux, reduction, deglazing, nappe and plating
- Cook mode with one step at a time, large type and the screen kept awake
- Scale servings and switch between metric and imperial units
- Recipes are stored on the device and open offline; no account and no ads
Questions
Which app teaches the five French mother sauces?
Mirepoix is an iPhone app built around béchamel, velouté, espagnole, tomato and hollandaise, and shows every classical sauce that descends from each one.
Is there an app that gives sauce ratios instead of just recipes?
Yes. Every sauce in Mirepoix carries its ratio, for example one litre of stock to 60 g of roux, so you can cook it without reading the recipe.
Is there a recipe app with a cook mode that keeps the screen on?
Mirepoix has a cook mode that shows one step at a time in large type and keeps the iPhone screen awake while you cook.
Does Mirepoix need an account?
No. Mirepoix has no account and no ads, and its recipes are stored on the device, so they open without a connection.
Support
A sauce that splits, a step that reads oddly in your language, or a purchase that did not unlock? Write to hello@vomcore.com — we answer in English and Turkish. Tell us which sauce and which step.
Before you cook
Mirepoix is a reference, not a supervisor. Temperatures and times are written for a normal domestic hob and they are a starting point, not a guarantee — your pan, your heat and your ingredients differ. Some sauces contain raw or barely cooked egg and are marked as such; they are not suitable during pregnancy, for young children or for anyone immunocompromised. Check allergens yourself.
Where the recipes come from
The facts — ratios, sequences, the classical names — are drawn from the public-domain French culinary canon, chiefly Escoffier’s 1907 A Guide to Modern Cookery. Every line of prose in the app is written for this app; nothing is copied.