Sauce Lyonnaise (Onion Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 3 medium onions
- butter
- 2 décilitres white wine
- 2 décilitres vinegar
- three quarters of a litre sauce Demi-glace
Instructions
- Colour 3 medium chopped onions lightly in butter, very gently, so that they are almost completely cooked.
- Moisten with 2 décilitres of white wine and 2 décilitres of vinegar, and reduce by two thirds.
- Add three quarters of a litre of sauce Demi-glace.
- Let it boil very gently for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Pass through the étamine.