Roasted Onion, Caper, and Tarragon Sauce
- 2 large onions (about 3/4 pound each), unpeeled and untrimmed
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 3 tablespoons drained bottled capers
- 1 teaspoon white-wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon leaves or 3/4 teaspoon dried, crumbled
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves
- 1 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh chives or scallion greens
- In a baking pan roast the onions in the middle of a preheated 475F.
- oven for 2 hours.
- While the onions are roasting, in a small saucepan melt the butter over low heat, whisk in the flour, and cook the roux, whisking, for 3 minutes.
- Add the cream and the wine in a stream, whisking, bring the mixture to a boil, whisking, and simmer it whisking, for 5 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the capers, the vinegar, the tarragon, the parsley, and the chives.
- Let the onions cool until they can be handled, discard the tough outer layers, the stems, the root ends, and the juices in the baking pan, and in a food processor puree the onions until they are smooth.
- Transfer the puree to a small saucepan, bring it to a boil, and boil it, stirring, until it is thickened and the excess liquid is evaporated.
- Stir in the puree into the cream sauce and stir in salt and pepper to taste.
- The sauce may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled.
- Serve the sauce warm or at room temperature.
onions, unsalted butter, flour, heavy cream, white wine, capers, whitewine vinegar, tarragon, parsley, chives
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/roasted-onion-caper-and-tarragon-sauce-13567 (may not work)