The Pope's Sauce
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- handful capers
- sweetened olives
- onion
- butter
- drop vinegar
- pinch flour
- anchovy
Instructions
- Press the vinegar from a handful of capers; pit an equal amount of sweetened olives; chop both fine.
- Cook finely chopped onion in butter until colored, then dissolve it by adding water little by little.
- Add the caper-olive mixture and boil a while; add a drop of vinegar, a pinch of flour, and another piece of butter.
- Stir in a chopped anchovy and serve without boiling further.