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Anchovy Sauce

A historical recipe from The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory, by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady (1844).

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A historical recipe

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed., by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady (1844). Project Gutenberg eBook #29232.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a spoonful of vinegar

Method

  1. Take one or two anchovies;
  2. scale, split, and put them into a saucepan, with a little water, or good broth, a spoonful of vinegar, and a small round onion.
  3. When the anchovy is quite dissolved, strain off the liquor, and put into your melted butter to your taste.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory, by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady (1844). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29232 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29232). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.