Brown Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 pint Stock or Water
• 1 Carrot
• 1 Onion
• 1 oz. Butter
• 1 oz. Flour
• a little Pepper
• a little Salt
• a little Browning

Method

1. 1

   Mince about a teaspoonful each of onion and carrot.

2. 2

   Put the butter into a small stewpan, and when melted stir in the flour smoothly, letting it cook well in the butter.

3. 3

   Add minced vegetables and seasoning, and let fry until brown.

4. 4

   Gradually add the stock or water, stirring until it boils.

5. 5

   Let simmer for a quarter of an hour, skimming well, then strain.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Gas cookery (1885) by Helen Edden, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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