Celery

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (11)

a large bunch of celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a little water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a little beaten mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
some nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a good piece of butter rolled in flour ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

with cream variation

a piece of butter as big as a walnut rolled in flour ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pint of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
a glass of white wine ↝ Wine, white [Wine]
a spoonful of catchup

Instructions (7)

Take a large bunch of celery, wash and pare it very clean, cut it into little thin bits, and boil it softly in a little water till it is tender.
Then add a little beaten mace, some nutmeg, pepper and salt, thicken'd with a good piece of butter rolled in flour.
Then boil it up, and pour it into your dish.

With cream variation

Boil your celery as above.
Add some mace, nutmeg, a piece of butter as big as a walnut rolled in flour, and half a pint of cream.
Boil them all together.
You may add, if you will, a glass of white wine, and a spoonful of catchup.

Original Text

TAKE a large bunch of celery, wash and pare it very clean, cut it into little thin bits, and boil it softly in a little water till it is tender; then add a little beaten mace, some nutmeg, pepper and salt, thicken'd with a good piece of butter rolled in flour; then boil it up, and pour it into your dish.
You may make it with cream thus: boil your celery as above, and add some mace, nutmeg, a piece of butter as big as a walnut rolled in flour, and half a pint of cream; boil them all together, and you may add, if you will, a glass of white wine, and a spoonful of catchup.

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