Pumpkin Puree

Ingredients

• a piece of butter
• a tablespoonful of flour
• the yolks of two eggs
• a tablespoonful of cream
• some pepper
• a little sugar

Method

1. 1

   Pass the pumpkin through a colander.

2. 2

   In a saucepan, melt the butter and add the flour without browning it.

3. 3

   Add the pumpkin puree, pepper, and sugar, and boil for five minutes.

4. 4

   Beat in the yolks of the eggs and cream, if available.

5. 5

   Serve in a dish surrounded by fried crusts of bread.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The thorough good cook (1895) by George Augustus Sala, page 198. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a piece of butter, with a tablespoonful of flour : but do not let it brown ; add the puree, some pepper, and a little sugar, and boil five minutes ; beat it up with the yolks of two eggs, and a tablespoonful of cream

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