281. Matelote Sauce

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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Ingredients (10)
For the sauce
Instructions (11)
  1. Peel thirty button onions.
  2. Put half a teaspoonful of sugar in a quart-size stewpan, place it over a sharp fire, and when melted and getting brown, add a piece of butter (the size of two walnuts) and the onions.
  3. Toss the onions over now and then until rather brown.
  4. Add a glass of sherry and let it boil.
  5. Add half a pint of brown sauce and a gill of broth.
  6. Simmer at the corner of the fire until the onions are quite tender.
  7. Skim it well.
  8. Add a few mushrooms, if handy.
  9. Season with a little salt and sugar.
  10. Sauce over any kind of fish where described.
  11. The addition of a teaspoonful of essence of anchovies is an improvement.
Original Text
281. Matelote Sauce.—For about a pound-slice of salmon make the following quantity of sauce: peel thirty button onions, and put half a teaspoonful of sugar in a quart-size stewpan, place it over a sharp fire, and when melted and getting brown, add a piece of butter (the size of two walnuts) and the onions, toss them over now and then until rather brown, then add a glass of sherry, let it boil, then add half a pint of brown sauce, and a gill of broth, simmer at the corner of the fire until the onions are quite tender, skim it well, and add a few mushrooms, if handy, season with a little salt and sugar, and sauce over any kind of fish where described. The addition of a teaspoonful of essence of anchovies is an improvement. Use where directed.
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