269. Shrimp Sauce

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (9)
  1. Pound half a pint of shrimps, skins and all, in a mortar
  2. boil them ten minutes in half a pint of water
  3. pass the liquor through a hair sieve into a stewpan
  4. add a piece of butter the size of two walnuts, with which you have mixed a good teaspoonful of flour
  5. stir it round over the fire until upon the point of boiling
  6. if too thick, add a little more water
  7. season with a little cayenne, and a teaspoonful of essence of anchovies
  8. serve very hot
  9. a few picked shrimps might also be served in it
Original Text
269. Shrimp Sauce is also very good as follows: Pound half a pint of shrimps, skins and all, in a mortar, and boil them ten minutes in half a pint of water; pass the liquor through a hair sieve into a stewpan, and add a piece of butter the size of two walnuts, with which you have mixed a good teaspoonful of flour, stir it round over the fire until upon the point of boiling; if too thick, add a little more water; season with a little cayenne, and a teaspoonful of essence of anchovies; serve very hot; a few picked shrimps might also be served in it.
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