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Anchovy Sauce

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. Anchovies
  2. a drachm of Cayenne pepper
  3. Rub
  4. Water
  5. Butter
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Put ten or twelve anchovies in a mortar, and pound them to a pulp ;
  2. pour a little water into the mortar, and shake it, put the pulp in a stewpan, let it stew over a slow fire, add a quarter of a drachm of Cayenne pepper, rub through a hair sieve, and mix with melted butter till quite smooth.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mortar and pestle
  • Chef's knife
  • Sieve