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From Dainty meals for small households (1899).

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A historical recipe

Dainty meals for small households, by Marguerite Ninet and University of Leeds. Library (1899).

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.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. four sliced onions

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.
  • 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. Melt some lard over the fire ;
  2. when it is hot, put in three or four sliced onions, toss them until they are quite yellow and tender ;
  3. add some good stock, salt and pepper to taste, a little nutmeg, mustard, and vinegar.
  4. Let this simmer for one hour, thicken slightly, strain, and serve very hot.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Sieve
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Credit

From Dainty meals for small households (1899), printed page 66, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21505998

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.