Well grease a stew-pan with beef dripping, lay in 2 oz. of smoked
beef, £ lb. each of beaf and veal, pour over 1 pint of bone stock,
bring it to the boil, and let it boil gently till it is like syrup
and bright, but do not let it burn. Add gradually another pint
of stock, a medium-sized Spanish onion peeled and sliced, a small
carrot, scraped and sliced1, a little parsley, thyme, a bay leaf,
blade of mace, 2 or 3 peppercorns, 2 cloves, a little bruised celery-
seed, and 2 or 3 small mushrooms. Simmer for 1^ hours, strain,
and let it get cold. Next day remove the fat, heat the sauce,
and thicken with arrowroot to the consistency of cream. Run it
through a tammy, add half a wineglass of white wine, reheat, and
serve.
DAINTY DINNERS AND DISHES.
8G
SWEDISH SAUCE.
Sauce Suecloise.
2 tablespoonsful double
cream.
2 tablespoonsful finely grated
horseradish.
^ pint thick Mayonnaise.
Stir all the ingredients together, and set on ice till required.
TARTARE SAUCE.
Sauce Tartar e.
2 yolks of eggs.
1 gill salad oil.
f gill tarragon vinegar.
Capers.
Salt, pepper.
Stir the eggs and salt, add the oil, drop by drop, stirring all
the time the same way, till it looks white and creamy. Then
add the vinegar slowly, and, lastly, the capers and pepper. It
can bo varied by using cut up pickles instead of capers.
TOMATO SAUCE (to bottle).
1 lb. tomatoes (ripe).
•A pint vinegar.
Black pepper.
Mustard seeds.
Salt.
White pepper.
Allspice. [pepper
2 capsicums, or 1 pod of red
Wipe the tomatoes, cut them in slices, and cook them with the
capsicums in an enamelled saucepan with a little water till tender.
Then rub all through a fine colander or sieve, return the pulp to
the saucepan, add the vinegar and other ingredients, and boil
all slowly for about 1^ hours. Strain, and put it in bottles while
hot, cork tightly, and seal. This sauce will keep well in a cool,
dry place.
TOMATO SAUCE. (Another method.)
Sauce Tomate.
^ lb. tomatoes (or £ a
^ onion.
^ carrot.
an).
Sail am
2 oz. clarified dripping.
1 oz. flour.
I pint stock or water,
pepper✪ Tomato Sauce (Another method).
Put the dripping into a saucepan with the cut up carrot and
onion, and fry for 10 minutes. Add the flour, stock, seasonings,
and tomatoes, bring it to the boil, simmer slowly for 30 minutes.
Pass it through a hair sieve, rubbing as much pulp through as
possible. Reheat, and serve. If necessary add carmine to
improve the colour.
SAUCES
87
VINAIGRETTE SAUCE.
Sauce Vinaigrette,
3 tablespoonsful salad oil.
1 tablespoonful tarragon
vinegar.
1 teaspoonful finely chopped
1 saltspoonful Chili vinegar.
1 good pinch of salt.
Mix all well together, and serve in a tureen.
fresh tarragon and chervil.
mignonette
1 saltspoonful
pepper✪ Vinaigrette Sauce.
GERMAN WINE SAUCE.
Sauce Allemande.
1 egg. \ pint sherry.
1 dessertspoonful castor sugar. A strip of lemon peel✪ German Wine Sauce.
Put all into a basin, the sherry being slightly warmed ; place
the basin over a pan of warm water, and whip briskly for
10 minutes, or until the sauce is a stiff froth. Do not let it get
too hot, or it will curdle. Serve immediately.
WHITE SAUCE.
Sauce Blanche.
1 oz. butter. 1 oz. Hour.
^ pint milk. Salt and pepper.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour till smooth, add
the milk and seasoning, stir till smooth, boil up, cook 6 minutes,
and strain. Substitute dripping and white stock for meat dishes.
SWEET WHITE SAUCE.
1 oz. flour✪ White Sauce. 1 oz. butter.
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Well grease a stew-pan with beef dripping, lay in 2 oz. of smoked
beef, £ lb. each of beaf and veal, pour over 1 pint of bone stock,
bring it to the boil, and let it boil gently till it is like syrup
and bright, but do not let it burn. Add gradually another pint
of stock, a medium-sized Spanish onion peeled and sliced, a small
carrot, scraped and sliced1, a little parsley, thyme, a bay leaf,
blade of mace, 2 or 3 peppercorns, 2 cloves, a little bruised celery-
seed, and 2 or 3 small mushrooms. Simmer for 1^ hours, strain,
and let it get cold. Next day remove the fat, heat the sauce,
and thicken with arrowroot to the consistency of cream. Run it
through a tammy, add half a wineglass of white wine, reheat, and
serve.
DAINTY DINNERS AND DISHES.
8G
SWEDISH SAUCE.
Sauce Suecloise.
2 tablespoonsful double
cream.
2 tablespoonsful finely grated
horseradish.
^ pint thick Mayonnaise.
Stir all the ingredients together, and set on ice till required.
TARTARE SAUCE.
Sauce Tartar e.
2 yolks of eggs.
1 gill salad oil.
f gill tarragon vinegar.
Capers.
Salt, pepper.
Stir the eggs and salt, add the oil, drop by drop, stirring all
the time the same way, till it looks white and creamy. Then
add the vinegar slowly, and, lastly, the capers and pepper. It
can bo varied by using cut up pickles instead of capers.
TOMATO SAUCE (to bottle).
1 lb. tomatoes (ripe).
•A pint vinegar.
Black pepper.
Mustard seeds.
Salt.
White pepper.
Allspice. [pepper
2 capsicums, or 1 pod of red
Wipe the tomatoes, cut them in slices, and cook them with the
capsicums in an enamelled saucepan with a little water till tender.
Then rub all through a fine colander or sieve, return the pulp to
the saucepan, add the vinegar and other ingredients, and boil
all slowly for about 1^ hours. Strain, and put it in bottles while
hot, cork tightly, and seal. This sauce will keep well in a cool,
dry place.
TOMATO SAUCE. (Another method.)
Sauce Tomate.
^ lb. tomatoes (or £ a
^ onion.
^ carrot.
an).
Sail am
2 oz. clarified dripping.
1 oz. flour.
I pint stock or water,
pepper.
Put the dripping into a saucepan with the cut up carrot and
onion, and fry for 10 minutes. Add the flour, stock, seasonings,
and tomatoes, bring it to the boil, simmer slowly for 30 minutes.
Pass it through a hair sieve, rubbing as much pulp through as
possible. Reheat, and serve. If necessary add carmine to
improve the colour.
SAUCES
87
VINAIGRETTE SAUCE.
Sauce Vinaigrette,
3 tablespoonsful salad oil.
1 tablespoonful tarragon
vinegar.
1 teaspoonful finely chopped
1 saltspoonful Chili vinegar.
1 good pinch of salt.
Mix all well together, and serve in a tureen.
fresh tarragon and chervil.
mignonette
1 saltspoonful
pepper.
GERMAN WINE SAUCE.
Sauce Allemande.
1 egg. \ pint sherry.
1 dessertspoonful castor sugar. A strip of lemon peel.
Put all into a basin, the sherry being slightly warmed ; place
the basin over a pan of warm water, and whip briskly for
10 minutes, or until the sauce is a stiff froth. Do not let it get
too hot, or it will curdle. Serve immediately.
WHITE SAUCE.
Sauce Blanche.
1 oz. butter. 1 oz. Hour.
^ pint milk. Salt and pepper.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour till smooth, add
the milk and seasoning, stir till smooth, boil up, cook 6 minutes,
and strain. Substitute dripping and white stock for meat dishes.
SWEET WHITE SAUCE.
1 oz. flour. 1 oz. butter.