Onion sauce dishes. Onion sauce Onion sauce is a culinary sauce that uses onion as its primary ingredient. Some onion sauces may use several types of onions in their preparation. Some onion sauces are brown in color, while others are white. Many various ingredients may be used in preparations of onion sauce, such as cream, milk, butter, chicken broth, wine, port wine, beer, lemon juice, flour, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, nutmeg, dry mustard, sage and other herbs, mushroom ketchup, bread crumbs, bacon and others. Preparation generally involves slicing or dicing and then cooking the onions, adding additional ingredients, and then continuing to
Pot-au-feu serving. Traditionally, the broth is served first with a bit of nutmeg and the marrow (if a marrowbone was used) spread on toasted bread. Then the meat and the vegetables are served with coarse salt and strong Dijon mustard, horseradish sauce, and sometimes also with gherkins pickled in vinegar. "Pot-au-feu" broth may also be used as a soup (often enriched with rice, pasta or toasted bread), as a base for sauces, or for cooking vegetables or pasta. Ready-to-use concentrated cubes are available to make what purports to be "pot-au-feu" broth when water is added. Many countries have similar dishes with