Drawn Butter (Sour Sauce)

Ingredients

• Melt two tablespoons butter
• add three tablespoons flour
• add gradually, while stirring constantly, one cup boiling water
• add four tablespoons hot cream
• add four tablespoons vinegar
• season with salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter, stir in flour to make a paste, then gradually add boiling water while stirring.

2. 2

   Boil for two minutes, then add cream and vinegar, adjusting vinegar with water if too acidic.

3. 3

   Season to taste.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fifty-two Sunday dinners (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRAWN BUTTER (SOUR SAUCE) Melt two tablespoons butter in a sauce-pan; add three table- spoons flour, stir to a smooth paste and add gradually, while stirring constantly, one cup boiling water. Boil two minutes, then add four tablespoons hot cream and four tablespoons vinegar (if vinegar is too acid use two tablespoons each of vinegar and water), season with salt and pepper

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