Melted Butter Sauce

Mrs. A.B. Marshall's cookery book · A. B. Marshall · 1894
Source
Mrs. A.B. Marshall's cookery book
Yield
4.0 – 6.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Put into a stewpan two ounces of good butter, and let it melt.
  2. Mix with it one ounce of fine flour, and stir together till smooth.
  3. Then mix into it by degrees half a pint of hot water, add a pinch of salt and six or eight drops of lemon juice, and stir till it boils.
  4. Then wring through a tammy or fine strainer, and serve while hot.
Original Text
Melted Butter Sauce.—Put into a stewpan two ounces of good butter, and let it melt; mix with it one ounce of fine flour, and stir together till smooth; then mix into it by degrees half a pint of hot water, add a pinch of salt and six or eight drops of lemon juice, and stir till it boils; then wring through a tammy or fine strainer, and serve while hot. This quantity is sufficient for four to six persons.
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