Sauce Citron (Lemon Sauce)

Ingredients

• 2 yolks of eggs
• 2 oz. of caster sugar
• 1/2 oz. of cornflour
• the rind of half a lemon chopped finely
• half a pint of boiling milk

Method

1. 1

   Put the yolks of eggs in a small saucepan, beat up well, and add the sugar, cornflour, and lemon rind.

2. 2

   Mix thoroughly, and work in slowly the boiling milk.

3. 3

   Stir with a whisk over the fire until the sauce acquires the desired consistency, strain and serve as directed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 148. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

auce Citron ( Lemon Sauce). — Put 2 yolks of eggs in a small saucepan, beat up well, and add 2 oz. of caster sugar, ^ oz. of cornflour, and the rind of half a lemon chopped finely. Mix thoroughly, and work in slowly half a pint of boiling milk

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