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English Sauce for Pudding

From The Franco-American cookery book (1884).

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A historical recipe

The Franco-American cookery book, by Felix J. [from old catalog] Déliée (1884).

United Kingdom

Known as a British 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.

  • Raw egg. Raw or lightly cooked egg carries a risk, above all for children, older people, anyone pregnant or unwell.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. four ounces of sugar
  2. a glass of sherry
  3. a pinch of salt
  4. a pint of milk

Cook safely

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

  • Grill and open flame. Keep sleeves, hair and tea towels away from the flame, and stay with the grill while it's lit. Barbecue outdoors only, never in a closed space.

Method

  1. Put in a small saucepan six eggyolks, four ounces of sugar, a glass of sherry, a lemon rind rubbed on two small pieces of loaf-sugar, a pinch of salt, and a pint of milk ;
  2. mix well, put on a slow fire, stir briskly with an egg-whip until the sauce thickens and looks like a light, frothy, thick white sauce ;
  3. pour some over the pudding, and send the rest in a sauce-bowl.
  4. Do not heat too much, or the sauce will certainly curdle and be unfit to use.
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Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grill or grill pan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From The Franco-American cookery book (1884), printed page 585, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/francoamericanco00dl

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.