Brown Onion Sauce

Ingredients

• four ounces of good bacon
• a tablespoonful of flour
• a couple of breakfastcupfuls of brown second stock
• a cup of good malt or wine vinegar
• a small pinch of sugar
• a little pepper
• a little salt

Method

1. 1

   Cut bacon into small dice and fry lightly.

2. 2

   Mince shallots and fry until light brown.

3. 3

   Stir in flour and brown it.

4. 4

   Add stock and vinegar, boil for five minutes.

5. 5

   Stir continuously until thickened.

6. 6

   Adjust consistency with flour or water as needed.

7. 7

   Strain and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 189. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

brown onion sauce. Brown Onion Sauce. Cut four ounces of good bacon into small dice and fry lightly in a pan. Mince the same weight of shallots, and fry a light brown. Stir in a tablespoonful of flour, which also brown, being careful not to char any of the ingredients. Now add a couple of breakfastcupfuls of brown second stock and a cup of good malt or wine vinegar, and boil for five minutes. Finish with a little pepper and salt, and a small pinch of sugar

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