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Brown gravy.
Ingredients[]
- Butter (a piece about the size of a hen's egg)
- Flour
- half a pint Water
- half a pint Beer
- 1 onion
- Lemon peel
- 3 cloves
- 1 blade of mace
- Peppercorns
- 1 spoonful Mushroom pickle
- 1 spoonful Catsup
- 1 Anchovy
Preparation[]
- Put a piece of butter, about the size of a hen's egg, into a saucepan, and when it is melted shake in a little flour, and let it brown.
- Then by degrees stir in the following ingredients : half a pint of water, and the same quantity of ale or small beer that is not bitter ; an onion and a piece of lemon-peel cut small, three cloves, a blade of mace, some whole pepper, a spoonful of mushroom pickle, the same quantity of catsup and an anchovy.
- Let the whole boil together a quarter of an hour, then strain it, and it will be good for sauce for various dishes.
Notes[]
From Modern Domestic Cookery by William Augustus Henderson and David Hughson (1828), p. 120