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Sauce For Spatchcock

From The Dudley book of cookery and household recipes (1909).

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A historical recipe

The Dudley book of cookery and household recipes, by Dudley, Georgiana Elizabeth Ward, Countess of and University of Leeds. Library (1909).

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. a pinch of salt

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. Make a reduction of vinegar with a chopped shalot, two leaves of tarragon and a “ merspoor ” (which consists of thyme, parsley and a bay leaf), also a pinch of salt.
  2. Add in equal parts, tomato sauce, half glazed, and glaze of meat.
  3. Let it boil for ten minutes, then add butter the size of two nuts.
  4. Stir the sauce during two minutes, pass through a sieve and serve.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

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

From The Dudley book of cookery and household recipes (1909), printed page 42, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21529218

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.