Morels, Sauce of

Ingredients

• green morels
• a good lump of butter
• some flour
• good gravy
• grated lemon-rind
• juice of a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Wash and stew the green morels in a tightly closed pan with a good lump of butter.

2. 2

   When tender, take out the morels, add some flour, let it brown in the butter, and use good gravy to make it of the proper consistency.

3. 3

   Flavour with grated lemon-rind and juice.

4. 4

   Put in the morels, and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 938. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Morels, Sauce of. — Take green morels (when diied they impart little or no flavoxir to a dish), wash and stew them in a tightly closed pan, with a good lump of butter ; when tender take out the morels, add some flour, let it brown in the butter, and use good gravy to make it of the proper consistency. Flavour ynth grated MOR (429) MUL lemon-rind and juice. Put in the morels, and serve hot. Morels, Stewed. — Morels are seldom served at English tables, but when stewed fresh have a rich flavour, highly appreciated by connoisseurs ; stew them in a little good gravy, jx)wdered mace, pepper, salt, and a glassful of white wine for an iiour. If large cut them into four ; thicken the gravy with butter and flour, and add lemon- juice to taste ; serve hot. Moselle Cup. — To a bottle of moselle in a jug pour a glassful of sherry, or pale brandy, and add four or live thin slices of pine-apple, the peel of half a lemon, cut very thin, and some lumps of ice, and sweeten to taste. A bottle of iced soda or seltzer- water must be added before lising. Mother Eve's Pudding. — Take of sliced apple, weU-washed cuiTants, gi'ated bread, and finely-shred suet, each twelve ounces, mix them in a bowl, with half the rind of a lemon, minced, and moisten with four well- beaten eggs. Boil in a buttered mould, and serve with a sweet sauce, as follows : — Sweeten a quarter of a pint of melted butter, add nutmeg, a large glassful of sherry, and part of the juice of a lemon

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