Asparagus Sauce
INGREDIENTS for sauce for good-sized dish.-A mediumsized bundle of green asparagus, 1 oz. of butter, 3 green onions, a little parsley, a large lump of sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls of Tournée Sauce. AVERAGE COST, 1s. 4d.
Break the asparagus where it is tender, and after washing it put it into boiling water with salt in it to make it green.
When tender take the asparagus out, put it in cold water and drain on a cloth till all the moisture is absorbed. Put the butter, parsley and onions sliced into a pan, and afterwards lay in the asparagus and fry over a sharp fire for 5 minutes. Add salt to taste, the sugar and the sauce, and simmer for another 5 minutes; then rub through a tammy and, if not of a very good colour, add a little spinach green.
TIME. hour to boil the asparagus and make the sauce.
SEASONABLE January to July.
ASPARAGUS, STEWED.