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Aurora Sauce

Pound the spawn of a freshly-boiled lobster in a mortar, with a piece of butter the size of an egg, until it is quite smooth, and season liberally with cayenne and salt. Put into a saucepan a breakfast-cupful of good white sauce, and add a table-spoonful of lemon-juice. Press the spawn through a fine sieve into the sauce; place it on the fire, and let it simmer gently, taking care to lift it off the fire before it boils. Sufficient for a pair of soles. Probable cost, 10d. Time to simmer, two minutes.

If the spawn is not at hand, the yolks of three eggs may be boiled quite hard, pressed through a colander, and substituted for it.