Mrs Beetons Sauces Revisited
White Sauce made without Meat
50g (2oz) Butter
2 Small Onions
1 Carrot
115ml (4floz) Flour
600ml (1 pint) Milk
Salt and Cayenne, to taste
Cut up the onions and carrot very small, and put them into a saucepan with the butter.
Simmer until the butter is nearly dried up.
Then stir in the flour, add the milk.
Boil gently until it thickens, strain it.
Season with salt and cayenne, and it will be ready to serve.
Time: 15 minutes.
Average cost, 5d.
Sufficient for a pair of fowls.
Seasonable at any time.
WHITE SAUCE, made without Meat.
538. INGREDIENTS - 2 oz. of butter, 2 small onions, 1 carrot, 1/2 a small teacupful of flour, 1 pint of new milk, salt and cayenne to taste.
Mode - Cut up the onions and carrot very small, and put them into a stewpan with the butter; simmer them till the butter is nearly dried up; then stir in the flour, and add the milk; boil the whole gently until it thickens, strain it, season with salt and cayenne, and it will be ready to serve.
Time - 1/4 hour.
Average cost, 5d.
Sufficient for a pair of fowls.
Seasonable at any time.
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