Method.—Cut the onion into slices and
fry with the fat. As soon as the onion
begins to colour add the flour, stir and fry
until a fawn colour is obtained. Cover with
water; add spice and salt, boil, and then
let simmer, stirring till the required thick-
ness is obtained, and skimming the fat as
it rises to the surface. (This fat must be
placed in a basin with water so that it can
be collected and added to the store of cooking
fat.) Add the vinegar, simmer 10 minutes
longer, and then add pepper and parsley and
serve. )
Tomato Sauce
Materials—1 oz. onion, 4 Ib. fresh
tomatoes, 1 tablespoonful fat or salad oil,
a small clove of garlic, water to make ? pint,
2 oz. flour, a pinch of spice, salt and cayenne.
44 THE VICTORY COOKERY BOOK.
Method.—Fry the onion in salad oil, add |
the flour and cook for a few minutes, then —
add the tomatoes, peeled and chopped (the
pips removed), spice, salt, cayenne and garlic,
and sufficient water to make # pint in all.
Cook slowly till: 4 pint is left. Taste, and —
correct the seasoning if necessary, and serve
very hot. :
Chasseur Sauce
Materials. —2 oz. onion, 2 oz. mushrooms,
1 tablespoonful oil, 3 pint water, 4 oz. baked
flour, pinch of pepper, spice and _ salt, 1
tablespoonful tomato purée or juice, 1
teaspoonful chopped herbs, parsley and
tarragon, a few drops lemon juice. |
Method.—Chop the onion, slice the mush- |
room, and fry them together in the oil.
When nicely coloured cover with the water,
add the flour (baked to a light fawn colour),
spice, salt and tomato purée or juice of
fresh tomato, and cook until 4 pint is left.
Add the herbs, parsley and tarragon, pinch
of freshly ground pepper and lemon juice.
Italian Sauce
Prepare a sauce as directed for Lyonnaise —
(see p. 48), chopping the onion finely;
SOUPS, STOCKS, GRAVY, SAUCES 45
add 2 oz. finely chopped mushrooms and, if
available, 1 tablespoonful chopped lean ham.
Robert Sauce
Prepare a Lyonnaise sauce (p. 43), cutting
the onion in small. dice~instead of slices.
~ When the sauce is finished add 1 teaspoonful
of made mustard and one or two sliced
gherkins.
Bercy Sauce
Materials.—Melted butter sauce made with
fish stock, 1 teaspoonful chopped shallot,
quarter-teaspoonful chopped parsley.
Method.—Prepare the melted butter sauce
with fish stock, in which the shallot has been
cooked. Add the parsley, make hot and
serve.
Devil Sauce
Add to a Lyonnaise sauce (p. 43) half-
teaspoonful of freshly ground pepper and a
little. Worcester sauce and ketchup.
Mornay Sauce
‘Add to a white sauce (p. 41) 1 oz. grated
cheese and stir till dissolved.
46 THE VICTORY COOKERY BOOK
Melted Butter Sauce :
Same as white sauce, but use water in- —
stead of milk, omit the nutmeg, and add a
few drops of lemon juice. —
Fish Sauce
Materials.—1 gill fish stock, 1 gill milk, —
1 teaspoonful corn flour. o 3
Method.—To the boiling fish stock or
liquor from steamed fish add the milk, in
which the corn flour has been. smoothly
mixed, stirring all the time until it thickens,
but do not boil, Season to taste. Parsley, —
capers, anchovy or other garnish can be —
added according to requirements,
Custard Sauce
Materials.—1 02, either corn flour, potato
flour, arrowroot or a mixture of all, suffi- —
cient egg colour to give the desired colour —
(egg colouring is sold by most grocers), —
1 pint boiling milk, 1 oz. sugar, flavour
essence, a pinch of salt✪ Imitation Bread Sauce. ce
Method.—Mix the flour and egg colouring ©
with a tablespoonful of milk until smooth. —
Boil the remainder of the milk with the sugar _
and pour over the flour mixture, stirring —
SOUPS, STOCKS, GRAVY, SAUCES 47
all the time. Add a pinch of salt. and
flavouring essence. Stir until well mixed,
and serve hot or cold.
Parsnip Sauce (Sweet)
Materials.—1 |b. parsnip, 1 pint water,
1 oz. jam, } oz. corn flour, lemon or almond
essence, little cochineal✪ Parsnip Sauce (Sweet).
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Method.—Cut the onion into slices and
fry with the fat. As soon as the onion
begins to colour add the flour, stir and fry
until a fawn colour is obtained. Cover with
water; add spice and salt, boil, and then
let simmer, stirring till the required thick-
ness is obtained, and skimming the fat as
it rises to the surface. (This fat must be
placed in a basin with water so that it can
be collected and added to the store of cooking
fat.) Add the vinegar, simmer 10 minutes
longer, and then add pepper and parsley and
serve. )
Tomato Sauce
Materials—1 oz. onion, 4 Ib. fresh
tomatoes, 1 tablespoonful fat or salad oil,
a small clove of garlic, water to make ? pint,
2 oz. flour, a pinch of spice, salt and cayenne.
44 THE VICTORY COOKERY BOOK.
Method.—Fry the onion in salad oil, add |
the flour and cook for a few minutes, then —
add the tomatoes, peeled and chopped (the
pips removed), spice, salt, cayenne and garlic,
and sufficient water to make # pint in all.
Cook slowly till: 4 pint is left. Taste, and —
correct the seasoning if necessary, and serve
very hot. :
Chasseur Sauce
Materials. —2 oz. onion, 2 oz. mushrooms,
1 tablespoonful oil, 3 pint water, 4 oz. baked
flour, pinch of pepper, spice and _ salt, 1
tablespoonful tomato purée or juice, 1
teaspoonful chopped herbs, parsley and
tarragon, a few drops lemon juice. |
Method.—Chop the onion, slice the mush- |
room, and fry them together in the oil.
When nicely coloured cover with the water,
add the flour (baked to a light fawn colour),
spice, salt and tomato purée or juice of
fresh tomato, and cook until 4 pint is left.
Add the herbs, parsley and tarragon, pinch
of freshly ground pepper and lemon juice.
Italian Sauce
Prepare a sauce as directed for Lyonnaise —
(see p. 48), chopping the onion finely;
SOUPS, STOCKS, GRAVY, SAUCES 45
add 2 oz. finely chopped mushrooms and, if
available, 1 tablespoonful chopped lean ham.
Robert Sauce
Prepare a Lyonnaise sauce (p. 43), cutting
the onion in small. dice~instead of slices.
~ When the sauce is finished add 1 teaspoonful
of made mustard and one or two sliced
gherkins.
Bercy Sauce
Materials.—Melted butter sauce made with
fish stock, 1 teaspoonful chopped shallot,
quarter-teaspoonful chopped parsley.
Method.—Prepare the melted butter sauce
with fish stock, in which the shallot has been
cooked. Add the parsley, make hot and
serve.
Devil Sauce
Add to a Lyonnaise sauce (p. 43) half-
teaspoonful of freshly ground pepper and a
little. Worcester sauce and ketchup.
Mornay Sauce
‘Add to a white sauce (p. 41) 1 oz. grated
cheese and stir till dissolved.
46 THE VICTORY COOKERY BOOK
Melted Butter Sauce :
Same as white sauce, but use water in- —
stead of milk, omit the nutmeg, and add a
few drops of lemon juice. —
Fish Sauce
Materials.—1 gill fish stock, 1 gill milk, —
1 teaspoonful corn flour. o 3
Method.—To the boiling fish stock or
liquor from steamed fish add the milk, in
which the corn flour has been. smoothly
mixed, stirring all the time until it thickens,
but do not boil, Season to taste. Parsley, —
capers, anchovy or other garnish can be —
added according to requirements,
Custard Sauce
Materials.—1 02, either corn flour, potato
flour, arrowroot or a mixture of all, suffi- —
cient egg colour to give the desired colour —
(egg colouring is sold by most grocers), —
1 pint boiling milk, 1 oz. sugar, flavour
essence, a pinch of salt. ce
Method.—Mix the flour and egg colouring ©
with a tablespoonful of milk until smooth. —
Boil the remainder of the milk with the sugar _
and pour over the flour mixture, stirring —
SOUPS, STOCKS, GRAVY, SAUCES 47
all the time. Add a pinch of salt. and
flavouring essence. Stir until well mixed,
and serve hot or cold.
Parsnip Sauce (Sweet)
Materials.—1 |b. parsnip, 1 pint water,
1 oz. jam, } oz. corn flour, lemon or almond
essence, little cochineal.