Lentils à la Maître d'Hôtel

Ingredients

• one pound of lentils
• about two quarts of water
• a dessert-spoonful of salt
• a quarter of a pound of maître d'hôtel butter
• a tablespoonful or two of the liquor in which the lentils were boiled

Method

1. 1

   Soak and wash the lentils, then boil in water with salt until done.

2. 2

   Drain and prepare maître d'hôtel butter, mixing in some of the lentil liquor.

3. 3

   Toss the lentils with the butter until hot and well-mixed, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Practical household cookery (1891) by E. Duret, page 167. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LENTILS A LA HAITRE D'HdTEL. Soak for about four hours and wash one pound of lentils, and boil them in about two quarts of water and a dessert- spoonful of salt till done, then drain them in the usual way. Meanwhile prepare a quarter of a pound of mattre d'hdtel butter, to which mix a tablespoonful or two of the liquor in which the lentils were boiled

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