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Italian Sauce

From Margaret Sim's Cookery (1883).

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A historical recipe

Margaret Sim's Cookery, by Margaret Sim (1883).

Italy

Known as an Italian 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 7 ingredients

  1. a glass of sherry
  2. a pint of stock
  3. two ounces of fresh butter
  4. a gill of milk
  5. two ounces of flour
  6. a gill of white stock
  7. a teaspoonful of anchovy

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Flour Source of phosphorus · Source of copper · Source of manganese · +1

    Source of phosphorus · 106 mg per 100 g, 15% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Phosphorus contributes to normal function of cell membranes.
    • Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal teeth.

    Phosphorus is a mineral contained in each cell in our body. Most phosphorus is in the bones and teeth, and some is in your genes. NIH fact sheet

    Source of copper · 0.2 mg per 100 g, 17% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
    • Copper contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Copper contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    5 more authorised claims
    • Copper contributes to normal hair pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.
    • Copper contributes to normal skin pigmentation.
    • Copper contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Copper contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Copper is a mineral that you need to stay healthy. Your body uses copper to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels. NIH fact sheet

    Source of manganese · 0.6 mg per 100 g, 28% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Manganese contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
    • Manganese contributes to the normal formation of connective tissue.
    1 more authorised claims
    • Manganese contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Manganese is a mineral that your body needs to stay healthy. Your body uses manganese to make energy and protect your cells from damage. NIH fact sheet

    Source of selenium · 10 µg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Selenium contributes to normal spermatogenesis.
    • Selenium contributes to the maintenance of normal hair.
    • Selenium contributes to the maintenance of normal nails.
    3 more authorised claims
    • Selenium contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Selenium contributes to the normal thyroid function.
    • Selenium contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.

    Selenium is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy. Your thyroid gland needs selenium to produce hormones and function properly. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Flour, 00”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

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

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • 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.
  • 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. Put in a stew-pan a dessert-spoonful of very finely chopped shallots, an equal quantity of salad oil, a bay-leaf, and thyme ;
  2. when the shallot is fried in a satisfactory manner, add thereto a table-spoonful of chopped mushrooms, a glass of sherry, table-spoonful of mushroom catsup, teaspoonful of anchovy, half a pint of stock ;
  3. stir over the fire until the sauce boils ;
  4. let it boil for ten minutes, skim it, and pour into a stew-pan for use.
  5. Mattre (f hotel Sauce.
  6. Knead two ounces of fresh butter with one of flour, a little nutmeg, pepper, and salt, chopped parsley and juice of half a lemon.
  7. Put this mixture in a small stew-pan with a gill of milk ;
  8. stir over the fire till it boils ;
  9. add a bit more butter to smooth it, and serve.
  10. Ravigote Sauce, Knead two ounces of fresh butter with two ounces of flour, a little nutmeg, pepper and salt, chopped parsley, and the juice of half a lemon.
  11. Put this mixture in a stew-pan with a gill of white stock ;
  12. stir over the fire till it boils ;
  13. skim it.
  14. A dessert - spoonful of tarragon, ditto of Chili vinegar, ditto of Harvey, and a teaspoonful of anchovy;
  15. put these ingredients in a separate pan and boil for five minutes, and then stir into the sauce.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon
  • Slotted spoon
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Credit

From Margaret Sim's Cookery (1883), printed page 42, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/margaretsimscoo01simgoog

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.