Melted Butter Sauce

Ingredients

• one tablespoonful of good butter
• the same quantity of flour
• a cup of boiling water
• a saltspoonful of salt
• a dash of pepper
• a few drops of onion-juice
• a pinch of made English mustard
• a teaspoonful of capers
• a teaspoonful of minced cucumber pickle
• a well beaten egg

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan, stir in flour.

2. 2

   Pour in boiling water and season with salt, pepper, onion-juice, mustard, capers, and cucumber pickle.

3. 3

   Slowly add beaten egg and remove from fire once mixed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every .. (1904) by Elisabeth Luther Cary, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ablespoonful of capers. A border of stoned olives or pimolas is not only an attractive garnish, but an improvement to the flavor. JANUARY 13TH "Butter ill melted — ^that commonest of kitchen failmes — ^puts me beside my tenor." — Chasles Lamb. MELTED butter, or "Butter Sauce" for fish is made by melt- ing in a saucepan one table- spoonful of good butter, and as it melts stirring in the same quantity of flour. When thoroughly blended pour in a 9 cup of boiling water. Season with a saltspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper, a few drops of onion-juice, a pinch of made English mustard, a teaspoonful each of capers and minced cucumber pickle, and finally add slowly a well beaten egg

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