Parsley Butter

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon-juice
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, then add lemon juice, parsley, salt, and pepper.

2. 2

   Use to spread on fried or boiled fish or over potato balls.

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

^4 teaspoon salt Make a roux of four tablespoons of the butter and all of the flour. Gradually add the boiling water, stirring constantly over hot water, until the sauce comes to the boiling-point. Simmer until it is thick and smooth. When ready to serve, add salt and the remaining butter in small bits, beating constantly. MAITRE D'HOTEL SAUCE 2 cups drawn-butter sauce 2 egg-yolks I tablespoon lemon-juice Salt and pepper I tablespoon chopped parsley Add the lemon-juice and chopped parsley to the drawn-butter sauce. Let it cool slightly, add the beaten yolks and season wath salt and pepper. Do not permit the sauce to boil after the addi- tion of the egg-yolk. CURRANT JELLY SAUCE I onion i stalk celery I tablespoon butter i bay-leaf I tablespoon flour 2 tablespoons vinegar y2 cup currant jelly 2 cups stock Slice the onion and cook in the butter till it begins to color, then add the flour and herbs and stir until brown. Add the vinegar 70 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES and the stock and simmer twenty minutes. Strain, skim off al! the fat, put in the jelly and stir it until it is melted. This sauce is used with game. MUSHROOM SAUCE 4 tablespoons butter or other i cup mushrooms, fresh or fat canned 4 tablespoons flour Salt and pepper 2 cups stock Make a brown sauce of the fat, flour and stock'. Add one cup mushrooms and cook until hot. If mushrooms are not very gently treated, they will become tough. Too much cooking ruins them, three or four minutes being quite sufficient for those that have been canned and five or six for fresh ones. This sauce is used with any kind of roasted, broiled or braized meat, particularly with beef. OLIVE SAUCE 2 dozen olives 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons salad oil i pint stock I slice onion Salt and pepper I lemon Place the olives in an earthenware bowl, cover with hot water and let them remain for half an hour to draw out the brine. Place the oil in a frying-pan, and add the onion; when this commences to color, add the flour. Stir until smooth. After it has cooked for two minutes, add the stock, and place where it will simmer gently. Pare the olives round and round as though paring an apple, leaving the pulp in a single strip. If this is done carefully, the olives will retain their shape. Place the olives in the sauce, add the seasoning, the juice of the lemon and simmer for twenty minutes. Skim carefully and serve. HOLLANDAISE SAUCE ^2 cup butter i teaspoon salt Yolks of 3 eggs ^4 teaspoon pepper Juice of y2 lemon ^ cup boiling water This is one of the best sauces for fish. Beat the butter to a cream with a silver spoon, add the yolks of the eggs, one at a time, and beat well, then add the lemon-juice, salt and pepper. NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 71 About five minutes before serving, add the boiling water, a little at a time, stirring well. Place the bowl in a saucepan of boiling water, and stir rapidly until the sauce thickens like boiled custard. TARTAR SAUCE I cup mayonnaise dressing i tablespoon chopped I teaspoon onion-juice cucumber pickle I tablespoon capers Make the mayonnaise rather more sour and with a little more mustard than for salad, and mix into it the capers, pickle and onion-juice. Set on the ice until needed. This sauce should be quite thick when served. MINT SAUCE I tablespoon powdered sugar ji cup finely chopped mint y2 cup vinegar leaves Dissolve sugar in vinegar. Pour this over finely chopped mint leaves and stand for one-half hour on back of a stove to infuse. If vinegar is very strong, dilute with water. PARSLEY BUTTER 3 tablespoons butter ^ teaspoon salt I tablespoon lemon-juice % teaspoon pepper I tablespoon chopped parsley

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