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Soubise

Soubise

1 9.9
A smooth sauce made from cooked onions and cream used in French cooking
  • noun
  • /suːˈbiːz/
translation icon : soubise
  • The chef prepared a delicious Soubise for the main course.

Examples

  • We topped the grilled vegetables with a velvet-smooth Soubise for extra depth.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with Soubise, blending sautéed onions and cream for a rich flavor.

  • A classic Soubise adds rich, sweet onion flavor to many dishes.

  • The chef prepared a delicate Soubise to accompany the roasted chicken.

  • Can you pass the Soubise sauce, please?

  • For the main course, they served a fish fillet topped with Soubise sauce, enhancing the meal's taste.

  • I learned how to make Soubise sauce by slowly cooking onions until they were soft, then adding cream.

Synonyms

white onion sauce
vsSoubise
3.0

A creamy sauce of cooked onions mixed with a smooth white sauce and cream

has identical preparation but uses the traditional French name
Smitane
vsSoubise
9.9

A rich creamy sauce that has lightly fried onion, white wine, and sour cream

is creamier and lacks the wine and sour cream tang of that preparation

Surface Forms

Soubise singular
Soubises plural

Etymology

The word Soubise takes its name from a French place or family called Soubise, and a sauce they liked became known by that name. So Soubise now means a smooth, creamy 'onion' sauce used in French cooking.