Carrots. No. 4. “À la Flamande.”
Choose small French carrots all of a size, trim them if not shapely—wash and clean them—then put them on in fresh water and let them blanch by coming to the boil; when blanched, take them off and put them in cold water and stir them.
Put them back into the stewpan with a little butter and sugar—pour some good stock over them, and let them simmer slowly 5 or 6 hours,* for if done quickly they will get hard; add a little finely chopped parsley and melted butter when about to serve up.