Mrs Beetons Sauces Revisited
A Good Sauce for Steaks
600ml (1 pint) Mushroom Ketchup or Walnut Pickle
25g (1oz) Whole Black Pepper
25g (1oz) Salt
15g (½oz) Allspice
15g (½oz) Horseradish, grated
15g (½oz) Pickled Shallots
Pound all the ingredients finely in a mortar.
Put them into the ketchup or walnut liquor.
Let them stand for a two weeks.
Then strain off the liquor and bottle for use.
Either pour a little of the sauce over the steaks or mix it in the gravy.
Seasonable.This can be made at any Time:
Note: In using a jar of pickled walnuts, there is frequently left a large quantity of liquor.
This should be converted into a sauce like the above and will be found a very useful relish.
A GOOD SAUCE FOR STEAKS
516. INGREDIENTS - 1 oz. of whole black pepper, 1/2 oz. of allspice, 1 oz. of salt, 1/2 oz. grated horseradish, 1/2 oz. of pickled shalots, 1 pint of mushroom ketchup or walnut pickle.
Mode - Pound all the ingredients finely in a mortar, and put them into the ketchup or walnut-liquor. Let them stand for a fortnight, when strain off the liquor and bottle for use. Either pour a little of the sauce over the steaks or mix it in the gravy.
Seasonable - This can be made at any time.
Note - In using a jar of pickled walnuts, there is frequently left a large quantity of liquor; this should be converted into a sauce like the above, and will be found a very useful relish.
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