Sauce Lyonnaise (Onion Sauce)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Colour 3 medium chopped onions lightly in butter, very gently, so that they are almost completely cooked.
  2. Moisten with 2 décilitres of white wine and 2 décilitres of vinegar, and reduce by two thirds.
  3. Add three quarters of a litre of sauce Demi-glace.
  4. Let it boil very gently for 5 to 6 minutes.
  5. Pass through the étamine.

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