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Creamy Sauce

A historical recipe from The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917).

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A historical recipe

The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #51542.

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. two tablespoonfuls butter
  2. one-half cup powdered sugar
  3. two tablespoonfuls each of thick cream

Method

  1. Cream two tablespoonfuls butter;
  2. beat in by degrees one-half cup powdered sugar, two tablespoonfuls each of thick cream and sherry.
  3. Beat long and hard.
  4. Just before serving stand bowl over hot water and beat until sauce looks creamy, but is not hot enough to melt the butter.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #51542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51542). 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.