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Onion Purée (purée à la Soubise)

Erken's onion purée à la Soubise from 1914: Spanish onion is cooked tender in milk, sieved, boiled up with cream and thick white sauce to a suitably stiff consistency, seasoned, and finished with cold butter just before serving.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 395 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The classic Soubise onion purée, which Erken lists among the vegetable purées as an accompaniment to meat and poultry.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Cook the onions

    Clean and cut the onions, and cook them tender in the milk.

  2. 2

    Sieve

    Rub the onion through a fine-mesh sieve.

  3. 3

    Boil up the purée

    Set the purée over the heat with the cream and white sauce, and let it cook until suitably stiff. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    Stir in the butter

    Stir the cold butter in just before plating, and serve at once.

Changes from the original

Measurements converted to modern units; "hair sieve" described as a fine-mesh sieve. The method is divided into numbered steps.

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1949 (proofread, p. 436) → Modernised~81% of the text changedremovedadded
(Puré å la Soubise.) 4 spanske løk i spiseskjefull fløte stk spansk løk. 2,5 dl melk (til kokingen). 1 ss fløte. 3 spiseskfulle tykk, ss tykk hvit saus saus. 25 gr. g smør pepper (kaldt). 1 knivsodd pepper. 1 ts salt 2 1/2 del. melk. Løkene renses, skjæres op (etter smak). Rens og kokes del løkene, og kok dem møre i melk, gnis gjennem hårsikt. Settes melken.. Gni løken gjennom en finmasket sil.. Sett puréen over varmen med fløte og hvit saus, koker og la den koke til den blir er passe stiv, krydres stiv. Krydre med salt og pepper. Umiddelbart før anretningen røres pepper.. Rør det kolde smør i. kalde smøret inn rett før anretningen, og server straks.

Note on Modernised

Mål omregnet til moderne enheter; «haarsigt» beskrevet som finmasket sil. Fremgangsmåten er delt i nummererte trinn.

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of onion is used, and how is it cooked?
The recipe uses 4 Spanish onions. They are cleaned, cut up, and cooked tender in milk (2 1/2 dl), then rubbed through a fine sieve.
When should the butter be added?
The cold butter (25 g) is stirred in immediately before plating, after the purée has cooked down with cream and white sauce and been seasoned with salt and pepper.
How long does it take, and how many does it serve?
About 45 minutes in all, and the recipe is figured for 4 servings. It comes from Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), p. 395.
What makes the purée suitably thick?
3 tablespoons of thick, white sauce and 1 tablespoon of cream are cooked down with the onion purée until it becomes suitably stiff.

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