Mrs. Blair’s Anchovy Toast

Ingredients

• 2 yolks of fresh eggs
• 1 tablespoonful of anchovy sauce
• 1 dessertspoonful of Worcestershire sauce
• a little red pepper
• a piece of butter the size of a walnut
• well-buttered toast

Method

1. 1

   Beat the egg yolks and mix with anchovy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and red pepper.

2. 2

   Heat butter in a saucepan, add the mixture, and stir until boiling.

3. 3

   Spread on well-buttered toast, cut into fingers, and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mrs. Blair’s Anchovy Toast. — One often wants a nice little savoury to add to a dinner, and this one, Mrs. Blair s anchovy toast, is easy to do. Beat well 2 yolks of fresh eggs. Add i tablespoonful of anchovy sauce, i dessertspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and a little red pepper. Beat all well together and put into a china-lined saucepan, with a piece of butter the size of a walnut, and put on the fire — keep stirring until it is boiling — then spread it on well-buttered toast

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