ITALIAN SAUCE (Brown)

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

A few chopped mushrooms ↝ Mushrooms, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
a few chopped shalots
1/2 pint of stock, No. 105
1/2 glass of Madeira
the juice of 1/2 lemon ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/2 teaspoonful of pounded sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]

Instructions (4)

Put the stock into a stewpan with the mushrooms, shalots, and Madeira, and stew gently for 1/4 hour.
Add the remaining ingredients, and let them just boil.
When the sauce is done enough, put it in another stewpan, and warm it in a bain marie.
The mushrooms should not be chopped long before they are wanted, as they will then become black.

Original Text

ITALIAN SAUCE (Brown).

453. INGREDIENTS.—A few chopped mushrooms and shalots, 1/2 pint of stock, No. 105, 1/2 glass of Madeira, the juice of 1/2 lemon, 1/2 teaspoonful of pounded sugar, 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley.

Mode.—Put the stock into a stewpan with the mushrooms, shalots, and Madeira, and stew gently for 1/4 hour, then add the remaining ingredients, and let them just boil. When the sauce is done enough, put it in another stewpan, and warm it in a bain marie. (See No. 430.) The mushrooms should not be chopped long before they are wanted, as they will then become black.

Time.—1/4 hour. Average cost, for this quantity, 7d.

Sufficient for a small dish.

Notes

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