Lyonnaise Sauce

Total: 30 mins Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)

Prep: 5 mins 39 2g 1g 0g
Calories Fat Carbs Protein
Cook: 25 mins
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient
Yield: 2 cups (serves up to 6) database and should be considered an estimate.)

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The Lyonnaise Sauce is a finished sauce made with onions and white wine vinegar simmered in a basic demi-glace. The Sauce
Lyonnaise pairs well with roasted meats, grilled pork, poultry dishes, and even grilled sausages. You could simply enjoy it over
mashed potatoes as well.

Classically, you would strain the sauce before serving, but for a more rustic look, leave the onions when you serve it. Lyon is the
home of French onion soup and Lyonnaise potatoes as well as French culinary legends such as Paul Bocuse and Eugénie
Brazier. Onions are beloved and used in many dishes in this culinary capital of France.

Sauce Lyonnaise is a secondary sauce based on Sauce Espagnole (brown sauce) as the mother sauce. It originated
approximately in the late 1500s. There are various people credited for developing it, some unlikely to have created it themselves,
but rather their cooks were known for preparing it for their table.

Ingredients

1 pint demi-glace
1/4 cup onions (chopped)
1 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup white wine vinegar

Steps to Make It

01 In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt the butter and cook the onions over medium-high heat until they turn a light
golden brown. You are sauteeing rather than sweating the onions.

02 Add the vinegar and heat the mixture until the liquid boils.

03 Lower the heat a bit and continue simmering until the liquid has reduced by half.

04 Add the demi-glace, then lower heat to a simmer and reduce for about 10 minutes.

05 Strain through a mesh strainer (optional) and serve right away.

Tip
■ You can find prepared demi-glace to purchase, which would certainly be a shortcut. One brand touts that it
 spends 30 hours reducing the stock. If you don't have time for that, buying rather than making is an easy
choice.

Recipe Tags:

Wine French Family Dinner Sauce