Brown Sauce

Ingredients

• two tablespoons of butter
• a slice of onion
• a slice of carrot
• a bit of parsley
• a fragment of bay leaf
• three level tablespoons of flour
• a quarter teaspoon of salt
• an eighth teaspoon of pepper
• cup of beef broth or chicken stock

Method

1. 1

   Brown the butter, add the onion, carrot, parsley, and bay leaf, stirring constantly.

2. 2

   Add flour, salt, and pepper, cooking until the flour turns reddish brown.

3. 3

   Add broth or stock, cook until smooth and boiling, then strain.

As published

This recipe was extracted from For the comfort of the family (1914) by Josephine Story, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Brown Sauce — Brown two tablespoons of butter — ^be careful not to bum — cook in this a slice of onion, a slice of carrot, a bit of pars- ley and a fragment of bay leaf. Let these brown in fat, stirring constantly. Add three level tablespoons of flour, a quarter teaspoon of salt, an eighth teaspoon of pepper. Con- tinue stirring and cooking till the flour turns reddish brown, then add cup of beef broth or chicken stock

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