Common Wine Sauce

Source: Eliza Acton, 1845

Instructions

  1. Sweeten a quarter-pint of good melted butter with an ounce and a half of sugar.
  2. Add to it gradually a couple of glasses of wine.
  3. Stir it until it is at the point of boiling, and serve it immediately.
  4. Lemon-grate, or nutmeg, can be added at pleasure.

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