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French Melted Butter

From The art of feeding the invalid (1900).

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A historical recipe

The art of feeding the invalid, by University of Leeds. Library (1900).

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 2 ingredients

  1. One ounce of butter
  2. One tablespoonful of cream

Method

  1. 1.
  2. One ounce of butter.
  3. 2.
  4. One tablespoonful of cream.
  5. 3.
  6. Pepper and salt.
  7. Press the butter in a clean cloth to get rid of all moisture.
  8. Add the cream and a little pepper and salt, and stir them over the fire until hot, but do not let the butter curdle.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From The art of feeding the invalid (1900), printed page 175, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21529012

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.