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Black Butter Sauce

A historical recipe from The Golden Rule Cook Book, by Sharpe, M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) (1912).

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A historical recipe

The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six hundred recipes for meatless dishes, by Sharpe, M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) (1912). Project Gutenberg eBook #55555.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. 4 tablespoons of butter
  2. 1 saltspoon of salt
  3. 1 teaspoon of reduced vinegar

Method

  1. Put 3 or 4 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan with 1 saltspoon of salt and a little pepper, and let cook slowly until browned;
  2. then add 1 teaspoon of reduced vinegar or lemon juice, and serve hot.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Golden Rule Cook Book, by Sharpe, M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) (1912). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #55555 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55555). 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.