Drawn Butter Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1 tablespoon of flour
• 1 cup of hot water, or white stock if you have it
• 1 large tablespoon of butter
• pepper to season
• salt to season
• a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar
• a little finely cut parsley

Method

1. 1

   Put butter into a saucepan and melt it without letting it turn brown.

2. 2

   Add flour and mix well.

3. 3

   Gradually add hot water or white stock, stirring thoroughly until smooth.

4. 4

   Add pieces of butter, season with pepper and salt, and strain if not perfectly smooth.

5. 5

   Optionally add lemon juice or vinegar and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRAWN BUTTER SAUCE.— Put 2 tablespoons of butter into a sauce^pan and melt it, but do not let it turn brown; then add 1 tablespoon of flour and mix well; then add (a little at a time) 1 cup of hot water, or white stock if you have it, stirring it thoroughly. When smooth, add 1 large tablespoon of butter, cut in pieces, and stir it in thoroughly. Add pep]per and salt to season, and strain it if not perfectly smooth. This can be used as the foundation for many other sauces. A few drops of lemon juice or vinegar can be added by those who want it acid, and a little finely cut parsley

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