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Mushrooms au Beurre

From Modern cookery, in all its branches, 1884

Serves 2

Best served without additional liquid.

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 300. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MUSHROOMS AU BEURRE. {Delicious.') Cut the stems from some fine meadow mushroom-buttons, and clean them with a bit of new flannel, and some fine salt ; then either wipe them dry with a soft cloth, or rinse them in fresh water, drain them quickly, spread them in a clean cloth, fold it over them, and leave them for ten minutes, or more, to dry For every pint of them thus prepared, put an ounce and a half of fresh butter into a thick iron saucepan, shake it over the fire until it just begins to brown, throw in the mushrooms, continue to shake the saucepan over a clear fire that they may not stick to it nor burn, and when they have simmered three or four minutes, strew over them a little salt, some cayenne, and pounded mace
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