Sauce Robert

Origin: London, England

Source: Eliza Acton, 1845

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut four or five large onions into small dice.
  2. Brown them in a stewpan with three ounces of butter and a dessertspoonful of flour until they reach a deep yellow-brown colour, about 10 to 15 minutes.
  3. Pour half a pint of beef or veal gravy to the onions and let them simmer for 15 minutes.
  4. Skim the sauce and add a seasoning of salt and pepper.
  5. At the moment of serving, mix a dessertspoonful of made mustard into the sauce.

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