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Cold Ravigote Sauce

Place a cold, fresh egg yolk in a bowl with a tablespoon good vinegar, three saltspoons salt, one saltspoon cayenne pepper and half a teaspoon French mustard; briskly mix with a small wire whisk for one minute, then add, drop by drop, a gill of oil, continually mixing briskly while adding and for four minutes after it has been added. Finely chop together one small branch parsley, one of chervil, two of chives, four of tarragon leaves and one shallot; add to the sauce with the juice of a quarter very sound lemon, sharply mix again for one minute, transfer the sauce into a cold saucebowl and serve as required.