Sardines, Maitre d' Hotel

Ingredients

• a number of sardines
• one teacupful of white sauce
• one tablespoonful of finely chopped onion
• a small quantity of chopped parsley
• one tablespoonful of chili vinegar
• one pinch of cayenne pepper

Method

1. 1

   Skin sardines, cut off tails, arrange on toast, and heat in the oven.

2. 2

   Mix white sauce with onion, parsley, chili vinegar, and cayenne.

3. 3

   Pour sauce over sardines and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sardines, Maitre d' Hotel. Skin a number of sardines, cut off their tails, arrange them on hot buttered toast on a dish, and heat them in the oven. Put one teacupful of white sauce in a sauce- pan, mix with it one tablespoonful of finely chopped onion and a small quantity of chopped parsley, boil it for a few minutes, then add one tablespoonful of chili vine- gar and one pinch of cayenne pepper

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