The Pope's Sauce

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Press the vinegar from a handful of capers; pit an equal amount of sweetened olives; chop both fine.
  2. Cook finely chopped onion in butter until colored, then dissolve it by adding water little by little.
  3. Add the caper-olive mixture and boil a while; add a drop of vinegar, a pinch of flour, and another piece of butter.
  4. Stir in a chopped anchovy and serve without boiling further.

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