Cauliflower with Tomato Sauce a l’Americaine

Ingredients

• the cauliflower
• one tablespoon butter
• one heaping tablespoon flour
• one and a half cups tomato juice
• pepper
• salt
• some rich cream

Method

1. 1

   Cook the cauliflower.

2. 2

   Separate in large pieces when cold.

3. 3

   Make a rich tomato sauce.

4. 4

   Put one tablespoon butter in a saucepan; add one heaping tablespoon flour, one and a half cups tomato juice, pepper and salt; beat until nice and rich; add some rich cream then pour over the cauliflower — saving part of the sauce.

5. 5

   Let the cauliflower cook a few minutes, dish up in a vegetable dish, pour the rest of the sauce over, sprinkle heavily with grated American cheese.

6. 6

   This can be served as a vegetable entree or as a vegetable with any kind of meat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 414. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cauliflower with Tomato Sauce a l’Americaine Chou-fleur , Sauce Tomate, a V Americaine Cook the cauliflower [see recipe: Cauliflower with Butter]. Separate in large pieces when cold. Make a rich tomato sauce. Tomato Sauce. Put one tablespoon butter in a saucepan; add one heaping tablespoon flour, one and a half cups tomato juice, pepper and salt; beat until nice and rich; add some rich cream

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