Sauce Robert Sauce Robert Sauce Robert is a brown mustard sauce and one of the "small sauces", or compound sauces, derived from the Classic French demi-glace, which in turn is derived from Espagnole sauce, one of the five mother sauces in French cuisine (Bechamel, Veloute, Espagnole, Sauce Tomate and Hollandaise) . Sauce Robert is made from chopped onions cooked in butter without color, a reduction of white wine, pepper, an addition of demi-glace and is finished with mustard. It is best suited to pork, especially grilled pork, and meats. Sauce Robert is one of the earliest compound sauces on record. Of the
French cuisine and Franche-Comté. Amongst savorous specialties accounted in the "Cuisine franc-comtoise" from the Franche-Comté region are Croûte aux morilles, Poulet à la Comtoise, trout, smoked meats and cheeses such as Mont d'Or, Comté and Morbier which are at the palate best eaten hot or cold, the exquisite Coq au vin jaune and the special dessert gâteau de ménage. Charolais beef, poultry from Bresse, sea snail, honey cake, Chaource and Epoisses cheese are specialties of the local cuisine of Burgundy. Dijon mustard is also a specialty of Burgundy cuisine. "Crème de cassis" is a popular liquor made from the blackcurrants. Oil are