How to Cook Fish, page 9 by Myrtle Reed
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BOMBAY SAUCE
Season Drawn-Butter Sauce highly with chopped pickle, curry powder, and tarragon vinegar.
BORDELAISE SAUCE
Fry in butter a tablespoonful of chopped shallots and two minced beans of garlic. Add [Page 18] half a cupful of Claret, a pinch of red pepper, and a pint of Espagnole Sauce. Boil until thick, take from the fire and add lemon-juice and minced parsley to season. Add also a quarter of a pound of beef marrow cut in small pieces and parboiled in salted water. Serve at once.
WHITE BORDELAISE SAUCE
Fry a tablespoonful of chopped onions in butter, add a wineglassful of white wine and a cupful of Veloute Sauce. Season to taste, boil for five minutes, take from the fire, add one tablespoonful each of minced parsley, lemon-juice, and butter.
BROWN SAUCE--I
Brown two tablespoonfuls of flour in butter. Add two cupfuls of milk or cream and cook until thick, stirring constantly.
BROWN SAUCE--II
Fry in pork fat two slices of onion, a slice of carrot, a bay-leaf, and a sprig of parsley. Add a heaping teaspoonful of flour and, when brown, a cupful of stock. Cook until thick, stirring constantly. Take from the fire, strain, add the juice of half a lemon, and salt and pepper to season.
[Page 19] BROWN BUTTER SAUCE
Melt butter in a frying-pan and cook until brown, taking care not to burn. Take from the fire and add lemon-juice or vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.
BUTTER SAUCE
Mix chopped hard-boiled eggs with a liberal amount of melted butter. Season with salt, pepper, and minced parsley.
CAPER SAUCE--I
Add half a cupful of capers to two cupfuls of Drawn-Butter Sauce.
CAPER SAUCE--II
Prepare a pint of Drawn-Butter Sauce and add to it two tablespoonfuls of capers, a tablespoonful of anchovy essence, and salt and pepper to season.
CLARET SAUCE
Reheat one cupful of Brown Sauce, season with grated onion, add half a cupful of Claret, bring to th