How To Make Sauce Robert

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Brown sauce adaptations are very popular. Many smaller sauces can be derived from brown sauce. The most well known is demi-glas, which adds equal parts veal stock to the mother sauce and is reduced over heat.  Sauce Robert is demi-glas with onions and white wine. In this video, Chef Mike provides step by step instructions for making a perfect Sauce Robert. For more great cooking demonstration videos, subscribe to the LearnToCookOnline YouTube channel.

Sauce Robert Recipe

Ingredients:
16 oz. Brown sauce or Demi-Glas
2 oz. Shallots, minced
3 oz. White wine
1/2 tsp. Lemon juice
1/2 tsp. Prepared mustard

1. Reduce white wine and shallots by ¾.
2. Add Brown sauce and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Add mustard, lemon juice and simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper if needed.

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