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Plum-pudding Sauce

A historical recipe from Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book, by Margaret Brown (1886).

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A historical recipe

Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book, by Margaret Brown (1886). Project Gutenberg eBook #44915.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

France

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. a glass of sherry
  2. 1/2 glass of brandy
  3. 2 teaspoonfuls of pounded lump sugar
  4. 1/4 pint of thick melted butter

Method

  1. Take a glass of sherry, 1/2 glass of brandy or essence of punch, 2 teaspoonfuls of pounded lump sugar, a little grated lemon peel;
  2. put all these in a 1/4 pint of thick melted butter, grating nutmeg on top.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Grater
  • Vegetable peeler
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book, by Margaret Brown (1886). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #44915 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44915). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.