Anchovy Purée

Mrs. A.B. Marshall's cookery book · A. B. Marshall · 1894
Source
Mrs. A.B. Marshall's cookery book
Yield
3.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Take eight large anchovies that have been boned and well washed in cold water, being careful that all bone is removed.
  2. Add to them two hard boiled yolks of eggs, two ounces of fresh butter, a dust of cayenne, a few drops of carmine.
  3. Pound all together, and rub through a sieve.
  4. This is used for spreading on toast, croutons, &c.
Original Text
Anchovy Purée.—Take, for three or four persons, eight large anchovies that have been boned and well washed in cold water, being careful that all bone is removed, add to them two hard boiled yolks of eggs, two ounces of fresh butter, a dust of cayenne, a few drops of carmine, and pound all together, and rub through a sieve. This is used for spreading on toast, croutons, &c.
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