Sauce Soubise

Ingredients

• Peel and slice twelve small mild onions
• Melt two tablespoons butter
• add three tablespoons flour
• one cup milk

Method

1. 1

   Cook onions in boiling salted water until very soft.

2. 2

   Drain and press out water, then rub through a sieve to get one cup onion purée.

3. 3

   Melt butter, add flour, and pour on milk gradually while stirring.

4. 4

   Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne, and add onion purée.

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SAUCE SOUBISE. Pan broil mutton chops and serve with Sauce Soubise. SAUCE SOUBISE. Peel and slice twelve small mild onions and cook in boiling salted water until very soft. Drain and press out all water that is possible, then rub through a sieve; there should be one cup onion purée. Melt two table- spoons butter, add three tablespoons flour and pour on gradually, while stirring constantly, on¢ cup milk

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