Sauce Tact are

Ingredients

• Put 2 yolks of eggs
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a good pinch of white pepper
• a pinch of cayenne
• a teaspoonful of mustard
• a pint of salad oil
• about 1/2 gill of tarragon vinegar
• a good tablespoonful of cold bechamel (No. 203) or veloutee (No. 204) sauce
• two tablespoonfuls of chopped gherkins
• one of chopped capers
• one of chopped parsley
• about half a teaspoonful of finely chopped tarragon and chervil

Method

1. 1

   Put 2 yolks of eggs in a basin, place it in a shallow pan containing some crushed ice, add a teaspoonful of salt, a good pinch of white pepper, a pinch of cayenne, and a teaspoonful of mustard; stir well together, and add, gradually, a pint of salad oil and about 1/2 gill of tarragon vinegar; when the sauce is smooth and creamy stir in a good tablespoonful of cold bechamel (No.

2. 2

   203) or veloutee (No.

3. 3

   204) sauce, two tablespoonfuls of chopped gherkins, one of chopped capers, one of chopped parsley, and about half a teaspoonful of finely chopped tarragon and chervil.

4. 4

   Do not mix the gherkins, capers, &c., until the sauce is finished, as it is likely to cause the sauce to turn if put in too soon.

5. 5

   A few drops of lemon-juice may be added if the sauce is found too thick.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sauce Tact are. — Put 2 yolks of eggs in a basin, place it in a shallow pan containing some crushed ice, add a teaspoonful of salt, a good pinch of white pepper, a pinch of cayenne, and a teaspoonful of mustard ; stir well together, and add, gradually, a pint of salad oil and about £ gill of tarragon vinegar ; when the sauce is smooth and creamy stir in a good tablespoonful of cold bechamel (No. 203) or veloutee (No. 204) sauce, two tablespoonfuls of chopped gherkins, one of chopped capers, one of chopped parsley, and about half a teaspoonful of finely chopped tarragon and chervil

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