154. Purée of Cauliflower Sauce

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (12)

Sauce base

a cauliflower ↝ Cauliflower, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
three pints of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
one ounce of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
two tablespoonfuls of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
an onion sliced ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a little celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a turnip ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
one ounce of ham ↝ Ham [Cold cuts and cured meats]
two of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little bay-leaf ↝ Spices, bay leaf [Spices and Herbs]
mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
a tablespoonful of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]

Instructions (9)

Boil a cauliflower in three pints of water with one ounce of butter and two tablespoonfuls of salt.
While the cauliflower boils, prepare an onion by slicing it and slowly cooking it in a stewpan with a little celery, half a turnip, one ounce of ham, two ounces of butter, a little bay-leaf, and mace.
Once the cauliflower is done, chop it up.
Add the chopped cauliflower to the stewpan with the cooked aromatics.
Stir the mixture.
Add one tablespoonful of flour.
Moisten the mixture as you would for onions (implying adding liquid, likely from the cauliflower cooking water).
Pass the mixture through a sieve or purée it.
Finish the sauce.

Original Text

154. Purée of Cauliflower Sauce.—Boil a cauliflower well in three pints of water, in which you have previously put one ounce of butter, two tablespoonfuls of salt; when done, chop it up, having prepared and slowly cooked in a stewpan an onion sliced, a little celery, half a turnip, one ounce of ham, two of butter, a little bay-leaf, mace, add then the cauliflower, stir round, add a tablespoonful of flour, moisten as above for onions, pass and finish the same way.

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