soubise sauce

2019-10-25

Béchamel with (pureed) onions sweated in butter. Depending on how strong you want the onion flavor, strain out the opinions after simmering 10-15 minutes, or blend them into the sauce.

It was my impression that a slowly-boiled onion gives the sauce a stronger flavor than the sweated ones.

For a lighter version, use cream instead of béchamel sauce.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 3 cups:

2 cups béchamel sauce
2 medium onions,
sliced or chopped small
2 tbsp. butter

Pic1: stuffed cucumbers with soubise sauce

Directions

Prepare Béchamel Sauce as usual.
Sweat the chopped/sliced onions in butter / olive oil until transparent. (Pic2+3)
Keep the heat low enough. Do NOT let the onions brown.
Add the onions to the béchamel pot. (Pic4)
Simmer 10 minutes together. (Pic5)
I also boiled a half onion in soup, (Pic6)
I sliced it and added it to the sauce to intensify the onion flavor.
Optional, but highly recommended:
- Puree the onions into the béchamel sauce. (Pic7)
- Run the stick blender for several minutes to beat air into the sauce, make it fluffier.
Serve and enjoy.
I served this over meatballs. (Pic1)

Alternative method:

Puree the onions in a food processor first.
Stir the pureed onions into the béchamel sauce.
Simmer 10 minutes.

Pic2: sweat the onions
Pic3: sweated onions
Pic4: mix

Pic5: simmer
Pic6: boiled onion
Pic7: pureed, with meatballs

B. pink soubise

2019-10-27

Add red beets or cranberry sauce to soubise sauce to get pink soubise. The former will have the earthy beet flavor, the latter will be sweet & sour from the cranberries. The pictures show the red beet version.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 2 cups:

1 cup soubise sauce
1 cup red beets

Pic8: pink soubise sauce

Directions

Prepare Soubise Sauce as per above recipe.
Boil and dice red beets.
Combine red beets and soubise sauce (Pic9) in a food processor cup.
Blend until smooth throughout. (Pic10)
Chill or warm through, as per your personal preference.
Adjust seasoning.
Transfer to a serving bowl. (Pic11)
Serve and enjoy. (Pic8)

Pic9: red beets
Pic10: soubise sauce
Pic11: blend
Pic12: red beets, pink soubise

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org