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Brown Sauce

A historical recipe from Made-Over Dishes, by S. T. Rorer.

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A historical recipe

Made-Over Dishes, by S. T. Rorer. Project Gutenberg eBook #6978.

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

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. a half pint of stock
  2. a teaspoonful of browning

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. This is made by rubbing butter and flour together in the above proportions, then adding a half pint of stock;
  2. stir until boiling, add a teaspoonful of browning or kitchen bouquet and the usual seasoning of salt and pepper.
  3. To change the character of this sauce add garlic, onion, Worcestershire sauce, mushroom catsup, etc.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

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

From Made-Over Dishes, by S. T. Rorer. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6978 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6978). 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.