Anchovy Sauce for Fish

Ingredients

• 4 anchovies
• 1 oz butter
• 1/2 pint melted butter
• cayenne to taste

Instructions

1. Bone the anchovies, and pound them in a mortar to a paste, with 1 oz. of butter.
2. Make the melted butter hot, stir in the pounded anchovies and cayenne;
3. simmer for 3 or 4 minutes; and if liked, add a squeeze of lemon-juice.
4. A more general and expeditious way of making this sauce is to stir in 1-1/2 tablespoonfuls of anchovy essence to 1/2 pint of melted butter, and to add seasoning to taste.
5. Boil the whole up for 1 minute, and serve hot.