Mushroom Sauce

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.
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (10)

For the sauce base

a little flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a good piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
some cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]

For the mushrooms

some mushrooms ↝ Mushrooms, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]

Alternative for the mushrooms

butter melted with a little veal gravy ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little veal gravy ↝ Gravy, poultry [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
some salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
grated nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]

Instructions (5)

Mix a little flour with a good piece of butter.
Boil it up in some cream, shaking the saucepan.
Then throw in some mushrooms with a little salt and nutmeg.
Boil this up.

Alternative method

Put the mushrooms in butter melted with a little veal gravy, some salt, and grated nutmeg.

Original Text

Mushroom Sauce.

Mix a little flour with a good piece of butter; boil it up in some cream, shaking the saucepan; then throw in some mushrooms with a little salt and nutmeg: boil this up; or, if you like it better, put the mushrooms in butter melted with a little veal gravy, some salt, and grated nutmeg.

Notes

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