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Dutch or Holland Sauce

From Kettner's book of the table (1912).

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A historical recipe

Kettner's book of the table, by E. S. (Eneas Sweetland) Dallas and Auguste Kettner (1912).

Netherlands

Known as a Dutch 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 2 ingredients

  1. two tablespoonfuls of water
  2. four ounces of fresh butter

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. Sauce Hollandaise.- — Heat to the boiling point two tablespoonfuls of water with pepper, nutmeg and salt.
  2. Stir well into this two yolks of eggs, but do not let it boil again.
  3. Melt gradually into it four ounces of fresh butter with a whisk.
  4. It ought to be a smooth, thick cream, and should be finished with lemon-juice.
  5. It is an admirable sauce for fish, but when served with vegetables (as asparagus, artichoke, cauliflower), it is usual to increase the quantity of acid.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From Kettner's book of the table (1912), printed page 162, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21528688

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.