137. Brown Cucumber Sauce

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (5)

a small fresh cucumber ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
a little sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
half an ounce of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
twelve tablespoonfuls of brown sauce
four of broth ↝ Soup, broth [Soups, broth-based]

Instructions (2)

Peel a small fresh cucumber, cut it in neat pieces, put in a stewpan with a little sugar, add half an ounce of butter, set it on a slow fire, stir it now and then, add twelve tablespoonfuls of brown sauce, and four of broth.
Let it simmer till tender, skim the butter off, remove the cucumbers into another stewpan, reduce the sauce a little, taste it and serve.

Original Text

137. Brown Cucumber Sauce.—Peel a small fresh cucumber, cut it in neat pieces, put in a stewpan with a little sugar, add half an ounce of butter, set it on a slow fire, stir it now and then, add twelve tablespoonfuls of brown sauce, and four of broth; let it simmer till tender, skim the butter off, remove the cucumbers into another stewpan, reduce the sauce a little, taste it and serve.

Notes

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