Another Sauce (White) (Mrs. D. Cloete's Recipe.)

Instructions

1. Stir 1 dessertspoonful of maizena, or corn-flour, and the butter well together dry. This prevents it getting into lumps.
2. Pour over it half a teacupful of boiling water and stir on the stove till thick, then remove.
3. Add the yolk of an egg and the juice of a lemon, well beaten up, with a little salt and a little white pepper, and pour over chicken.