Turnips in White Sauce

Ingredients

• 7-8 turnips
• 1 oz butter
• 1/2 pint white sauce, No. 538 or 539

Instructions

1. Peel and cut the turnips in the shape of pears or marbles;
2. boil them in salt and water, to which has been added a little butter, until tender;
3. then take them out, drain, arrange them on a dish, and pour over the white sauce made by recipe No. 538 or 539, and to which has been added a small lump of sugar.
4. In winter, when other vegetables are scarce, this will be found a very good and pretty-looking dish: when approved, a little mustard may be added to the sauce.