Melted Butter

Ingredients

• two ounces of butter
• a good tablespoonful of flour
• a little more than half a pint of water
• a teaspoonful of salt
• the sixth part that of pepper
• a teaspoonful of brown vinegar
• one ounce more of fresh butter
• a little nutmeg grated

Method

1. 1

   Mix butter and flour in a stewpan without heat until smooth.

2. 2

   Add water and seasonings, stir until near boiling, then remove from heat and add vinegar and fresh butter until melted.

3. 3

   Adjust consistency as needed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soyer's standard cookery (1912) by Nicolas Soyer, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Melted Butter. Put into a stewpan two ounces of butter, not too hard, also a good tablespoonful of flour, mix both well with a wooden spoon, without putting it on the fire; when forming a smooth paste, add to it a little more than half a pint of water; season with a teaspoonful of salt, not too full, the. sixth part that of STANDARD COOKERY. 101 pepper; set it on the fire, stir round continually until on the point of boiling; take it off, add a teaspoonful of brown vine- gar, then add one ounce more of fresh butter, which stir in your sauce till melted, then use where required; a little nut- meg grated

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