Celery à la Crême

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. Wash the celery very clean.
  2. Boil the celery in water till they are very tender.
  3. Have ready half a pint of cream, a little butter mixed with flour, a little nutmeg, and salt.
  4. Boil the cream mixture till thick and smooth.
  5. Put in the celery.
  6. Give it a toss or two, and dish it up.
Original Text
Celery à la Crême. Take a dozen white heads of celery, cut about two inches long; wash them very clean, and boil them in water till they are very tender; have ready half a pint of cream, a little butter mixed with flour, a little nutmeg, and salt; boil it up till thick and smooth; put in the celery, give it a toss or two, and dish it up.
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