Celery Sauce

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 25 min Total: 25 min
Status
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Wash the celery, boil it in salt and water till tender, and cut it into pieces 2 inches long
  2. Make 1/2 pint melted butter by recipe No. 380
  3. Put in the celery, pounded mace, and seasoning
  4. Simmer for three minutes, when the sauce will be ready to serve
Original Text
CELERY SAUCE (a More Simple Recipe). 388. INGREDIENTS.—4 heads of celery, 1/2 pint of melted butter, made with milk (No. 380), 1 blade of pounded mace; salt and white pepper to taste. Mode.—Wash the celery, boil it in salt and water till tender, and cut it into pieces 2 inches long; make 1/2 pint melted butter by recipe No. 380; put in the celery, pounded mace, and seasoning; simmer for three minutes, when the sauce will be ready to serve. Time.—25 minutes to boil the celery. Average cost, 6d. Sufficient, this quantity, for a boiled fowl.
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