WHITE SAUCE, made without Meat

Ingredients

• 2 oz butter
• 2 small onions
• 1 carrot
• 1/2 a small teacupful of flour
• 1 pint new milk
• salt and cayenne to taste

Instructions

1. Cut up the onions and carrot very small, and put them into a stewpan with the butter;
2. simmer them till the butter is nearly dried up;
3. then stir in the flour, and add the milk;
4. boil the whole gently until it thickens, strain it, season with salt and cayenne, and it will be ready to serve.