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Brown Butter Sauce

A historical recipe from Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer.

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A historical recipe

Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer. Project Gutenberg eBook #6429.

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. 4 tablespoonfuls of stock Melt

Cook safely

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

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. 6 tablespoonfuls of butter 1 teaspoonful of mushroom catsup 1 tablespoonful of vinegar 4 tablespoonfuls of stock Melt the butter, brown it and then skim;
  2. pour it carefully into a clean saucepan, add the vinegar, catsup and stock, boil a minute, and it is ready for use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Slotted spoon
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6429 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6429). 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.