Simple Italian Cookery

Italian home cooking explained to Americans in 1912, every dish still carrying its own name: Brodo di Carne, Minestrone alla Milanese, Zuppa di Merluzzo.

Sauces

8 recipes in this part of Simple Italian Cookery.

Roux for Sauces

Roux is necessary to thicken and give body to sauces. Put one tablespoon of flour and one of butter into a saucepan and cook until the…

Agro Dolce Sauce

Take two tablespoons of sugar (brown or white), one-half a cup of currants, a quarter of a bar of grated chocolate, one tablespoon of…

Butter Sauce

Take eight ounces of butter, one tablespoon of salt, one of pepper, and two tablespoons of lemon juice. Stir with a wooden spoon over the…

Lombarda Sauce

Put two tumblers of white roux and one of chicken jelly into a saucepan, reduce, and add three yolks of eggs mixed with two ounces of…

Meat Sauce (Put into a saucepan one pound)

Put into a saucepan one pound of beef and one-half an onion chopped up with three ounces of lard, some parsley, salt, pepper, one clove…

Economical Sauce

Take one-half of an old onion and chop it up fine. Take one small carrot, wash it, scrape it, and cut it into transverse slices; do the…

Hot Piquante Sauce

Chop up fine two ounces of lean ham and a small piece of onion, add a little celery, the stalks of parsley, one clove, one-half tablespoon…

Piquante Sauce with Egg

Take some anchovy paste--one tablespoon, two tablespoons of chopped parsley, some capers and chopped pickles, one teaspoon of French…

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