Lemon Sauce for Sweet Puddings

Ingredients

• The rind and juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoonful flour
• 1 oz butter
• 1 large wineglassful of sherry
• 1 wineglassful water
• sugar to taste
• the yolks of 4 eggs

Instructions

1. Rub the rind of the lemon on to some lumps of sugar;
2. squeeze out the juice, and strain it;
3. put the butter and flour into a saucepan, stir them over the fire, and when of a pale brown, add the wine, water, and strained lemon-juice.
4. Crush the lumps of sugar that were rubbed on the lemon;
5. stir these into the sauce, which should be very sweet.
6. When these ingredients are well mixed, and the sugar is melted, put in the beaten yolks of 4 eggs;
7. keep stirring the sauce until it thickens, when serve.
8. Do not, on any account, allow it to boil, or it will curdle, and be entirely spoiled.