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

Alternative method:

 

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

 

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