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Devil sauce

From Modern culinary art (1937).

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A historical recipe

Modern culinary art, by Henri-Paul Pellaprat (1937).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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. a spoonful cut shallots
  2. two glasses of Cognac
  3. a pinch of cut chervil

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Brown in butter a spoonful cut shallots, water with two glasses of Cognac and reduce to half, slowly.
  2. Add some thick and tomated half-glaze.
  3. Stew a few minutes and put a pinch of cut chervil and season with cayenne and some Worcester sauce.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From Modern culinary art (1937), printed page 94, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/BSG_4VSUP2819

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.