Brown Onion Sauce

Ingredients

• 6 large onions
• rather more than 1/2 pint of good gravy
• 2 oz butter
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Slice and fry the onions of a pale brown in a stewpan, with the above quantity of butter, keeping them well stirred, that they do not get black.
2. When a nice colour, pour over the gravy, and let them simmer gently until tender.
3. Now skim off every particle of fat, add the seasoning, and rub the whole through a tammy or sieve;
4. put it back in the saucepan to warm, and when it boils, serve.