Melted Butter
Origin: London, England
Source: Anonymous, 1846
Ingredients
- 4 ounces butter
- 1 dessert spoon flour
- 3 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Although this sauce is one of the most simple, it is very rarely that it is well made.
- Mix with four ounces of butter a desert spoonful of flour.
- When well mixed, add three table spoonsful of water.
- Put it into a clean saucepan kept for the purpose and stir it carefully one way till it boils.
- White sauce to throw over vegetables served on toast is made in the same way, only putting milk and water instead of water only.