Lowney's Cook Book

The chocolate house's complete cookbook, c.1907 — from the value of food to the body through chafing-dish delicacies.

Sauces for Meat and Vegetables

42 recipes in this part of Lowney's Cook Book.

Bread Sauce

2 tablespoons chopped onion 3 cloves bit of bay leaf sprig of parsley teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1½ cups milk bit of mace Scald milk…

Browned Bread Sauce

Use same rule as for Bread Sauce, adding one cup crumbs, which have been sautéd a light brown in butter.

Black Butter Sauce

4 tablespoons butter few grains cayenne 1 tablespoon parsley 2 tablespoons vinegar Brown butter, add remaining ingredients. Serve. 2…

Caper Sauce

few grains cayenne 1½ cups boiling water cup capers 1 tablespoon butter Melt the two tablespoons butter, add flour, seasonings, and water…

Celery Sauce

Use recipe for White Sauce, using instead of one cup of milk, one half cup of milk and one half cup of water in which celery was cooked…

Champagne Sauce

Add to Brown Sauce, one half cup of champagne and two tablespoons finely chopped pimentoes. 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup…

Chestnut Sauce

1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 cup mashed chestnuts Melt butter; add flour and seasonings. When smooth, add stock; boil five…

Currant Jelly Sauce (To Brown Sauce add one half)

To Brown Sauce add one half cup currant jelly, one teaspoon lemon juice and a few drops onion juice. Boil five minutes and serve.

Curry Sauce

Add to White Sauce one tablespoon curry and a few drops of onion juice. There is less liability of the curry lumping if blended with the…

Cucumber Sauce

Grate two cucumbers to pulp; add one teaspoon salt, one fourth teaspoon pepper, few grains cayenne, few drops onion juice, and two…

Yellow Egg Sauce

To White Sauce add few drops of onion juice and the yolks of three eggs; salt and pepper if necessary.

Espagnole Sauce

Melt two tablespoons butter; add two tablespoons each of onion, celery, ham, red pepper, and parsley, three tablespoons flour, one half…

Hollandaise Sauce

4 egg yolks cup butter teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoon pepper few grains cayenne ½ cup cold water 2 tablespoons lemon juice Put all…

Horse-radish Sauce

1 cup freshly grated horseradish 1 cup White Sauce 1 teaspoon paprika 1 cup soft bread crumbs 2 tablespoons lemon juice teaspoon salt 1…

Horse-radish Hollandaise

To Hollandaise Sauce add a few drops of onion juice and five tablespoons grated horse-radish.

Lobster Sauce

To White Sauce, add one half tablespoon lemon juice, one cup chopped lobster meat, and the dried and pounded lobster coral.

Lobster Hollandaise

To Hollandaise Sauce, add few gratings of nutmeg, one cup chopped lobster meat, and the dried and pounded coral. 1 cup Brown Sauce

Madeira Sauce

1 teaspoon kitchen bouquet 1 tablespoon chopped celery 1 tablespoon chopped pimento 4 tablespoons Madeira few grains cayenne Combine all…

Milanaise Sauce

3 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon capers 3 tablespoons chopped 3 tablespoons flour mushrooms 1½ cups stock 1 teaspoon anchovy paste salt…

Mint Sauce

1 bunch mint 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons sugar 1 cup vinegar Wash mint, remove leaves, and chop; add remaining ingredients; let…

Mustard Sauce

1 tablespoon vinegar 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon French mus- ½ teaspoon sugar tard few grains cayenne 1 cup stock Melt…

Mushroom Sauce

1 cup Brown Sauce cup canned mushrooms 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon kitchen bouquet salt, pepper, cayenne Chop mushrooms…

Olive Sauce

To Brown Sauce add one teaspoon chopped onion and one half cup stoned, chopped, and boiled olives.

Onion Sauce

To one cup White Sauce add one half cup cream and one cup boiled onions, finely chopped. Simmer twenty minutes. 2 tablespoons butter 4…

Orange Sauce

cup Port wine 4 tablespoons currant jelly 1 cup stock juice and grated rind of two oranges Melt butter; add flour, mustard, salt, stock…

Orange Hollandaise

To Hollandaise Sauce add juice and rind of one orange and few grains of cayenne.

Oyster Sauce

2 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 1½ cups oyster liquor 1 cup oysters + teaspoon salt few grains cayenne Parboil oysters; drain and…

Pepper Sauce

To Brown Sauce add two tablespoons chopped pepper, one tablespoon chopped onion, or a clove of garlick, one teaspoon parsley, one teaspoon…

Piquante Sauce

1 tablespoon chopped chives 1 tablespoon chopped olives 1 tablespoon chopped pepper 1 tablespoon chopped pickle 1 tablespoon capers 2…

Poulette Sauce

To White Sauce add one half cup cream; when boiling pour on to two egg yolks slightly beaten, cook one minute; add one tablespoon butter…

Port Sauce

To Brown Sauce add two tablespoons butter in which have been cooked one tablespoon onion, one tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce, and one half…

Ravigote Sauce

Melt four tablespoons butter; add one half cup onion. Add to one cup of Béchamel Sauce, with one tablespoon each of minced and pounded…

Sorrel Sauce

To Hollandaise Sauce add one cup washed and chopped sorrel.

Shrimp Sauce

1 teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper ½ cup butter 1/4 cup flour 1½ cups hot water ½ cup shrimps 2 egg yolks Melt butter; add flour. When well…

Soubise Sauce (To Hollandaise Sauce add one)

To Hollandaise Sauce, add one cup finely chopped cooked and seasoned onion.

Sauce Tartare

To one cup of mayonnaise dressing add one tablespoon each of finely chopped parsley, finely chopped olives, finely chopped pickle, and one…

Tomato Sauce

1 tablespoon parsley teaspoon salt 1 cup stock 1 cup tomato Melt butter; add onion, carrot and parsley. Cook five minutes. Strain. To…

Tomato Cream Sauce

1 tablespoon chopped celery 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1 tablespoon kitchen bouquet 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce ½ teaspoon lemon juice…

Trianon Sauce

To Hollandaise Sauce, add one half cup sautéd mushrooms and two tablespoons wine. Velouté Sauce 4 tablespoons butter nutmeg 4 tablespoons…

Chicken Forcemeat

1 cup cooked chicken salt, pepper lemon juice, onion juice ½ cup soft bread crumbs cup hot milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon chopped parsley Chop meat…

Tomato Forcemeat

1 tomato finely chopped 1 pimento finely chopped 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon flour 1 cup raw fish finely chopped 1 teaspoon salt 1…

Aspic Jelly

2 tablespoons granulated gelatine cup hot water 1 tablespoon lemon juice Boil consommé with lemon juice until reduced to one quart. Season…

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