    
Soubise Sauce
Soubise Sauce is a white sauce in classical French cooking that is mildly onion-flavoured.
It can be used on grilled meat or fish, or served with poultry dishes.
It is based on Béchamel sauce (aka White Sauce.)
Cooking Tips
Make up 2 cups (1 pint / 500ml) of béchamel sauce. Set aside.
Put 1/4 cup (2 oz / 50g) of finely chopped onion in a heat-proof bowl; add some water, and zap in microwave until the onion is softened, making sure the water doesn't boil away on you to dry out or brown the onion (the onion must not brown.) Drain.
Add to béchamel sauce, along with a tablespoon or two of cream. Stir, adjust seasoning to taste. To serve, reheat, then strain out and discard the onion.
History
Reputedly named after Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise (1715 to 4 July 1787). He was aide-de-camp to Louis XV and a friend of Madame Pompadour. Soubise is a town in France, in the département called "Charente-Maritime".
Literature & Lore
French Onion Sauce OR Soubise
483. Ingredients - 1/2 pint of Béchamel, No. 367, 1 bay-leaf, seasoning to taste of pounded mace and cayenne, 6 onions, a small piece of ham.
Mode - Peel the onions and cut them in halves; put them in a stewpan, with just sufficient water to cover them, and add the bay-leaf, ham, cayenne, and mace; be careful to keep the lid closely shut, and simmer them until tender. Take them out and drain thoroughly; rub them through a tammy or sieve (an old one does for the purpose) with a wooden spoon, and put them to 1/2 pint of Béchamel; keep stirring over the fire until it boils, when serve. If it should require any more seasoning, add it to taste. Time - 3/4 hour to boil the onions. Average cost, 10d. for this quantity. Sufficient for a moderate-sized dish."
-- Mrs Beeton. 1861.
__________________________________________________
Soubise Sauce
2 cups sliced onions
1/2 cup cream or milk
1 cup Velouté Sauce
Salt and pepper
"Cover onions with boiling water, cook five minutes, drain, again cover with boiling water, and cook until soft; drain, and rub through a sieve. Add to sauce with cream. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with mutton, pork chops, or hard boiled eggs."
-- Fannie Merritt Farmer. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Boston: Little, Brown, 1918. Fish and Meat Sauces section.
Also called:  Sauce Soubise (French) Soubise-Sauce (German) Salsa Soubise (Italian) Salsa Soubise (Spanish)
See Also
Onions, White Sauce
Other entries for Sauces
Aillade, Albert Sauce, Allemande Sauce, Amazu Sauce, Awasezu, A.1. Steak Sauce, Banquière Sauce, Barbeque Sauce, Beurre Blanc, Béarnaise Sauce, Black Mint Sauce, Brown Butter, Brown Sauce (English), Butter Sauce, Chile con Queso, Chiri-zu Sauce, Coronation Sauce, Creamed Horseradish, Drawn Butter Sauce, Espagnole Sauce, Finadene Sauce, Fish Sauces, Gravy, Halford Sauce, Harissa, Hoisin Sauce, Hollandaise Sauce, Horseradish Sauce, Ketchup, Ketjap Manis, Marie Rose Sauce, Matelote Sauce, Melted Butter, Meunière Butter, Mint Sauce, Mojo Sauces, Mojo (Cuban), Mole, Murri, Nikiri Sauce, Nitsume Sauce, Noisette Butter, Normande Sauce, Paloise Sauce, Panade à la frangipane, Parisienne Sauce, Pasta Sauce, Pizza Sauce, Poivrade Sauce, Ponzu Sauce, Provençal Sauce, Reform Sauce, Rémoulade Sauce, Rice Wine, Salad Dressings, Salmuera, Salsas, Sambals, Sambi-Zu Sauce, Sanbai Zu Sauce, Sauce Béarnaise, Sauce Diane, Sauce Maltaise, Soubise Sauce, Soy Sauce, Sriracha, Sushi-zu, Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce, Tabasco, Tamari, Tapenade, Tartar Sauce, Teriyaki Sauce, Tonkatsu Sauce, Vatapá, Velouté Sauce, Walnut Sauce, White Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, XO Sauce, Yakiniku Sauce, Yakitori Sauce
Other entries for Condiments
Liebig's Extract of Meat, Mayonnaise, Pastes, Relish, Spreads, Tracklements, Vinegar, Wasabi
Top...
|
|
| |
|