Port-wine Sauce for Wild Duck.
- Ingredients—2 wineglasses of port.
- Juice of half a lemon.
- 1 finely chopped shalot.
Method.—Boil altogether and strain.
[Sweet Sauce.]
- Ingredients—1 teaspoonful of arrowroot.
- Juice of half a lemon and a little rind.
- 2 tablespoonfuls of castor sugar.
- ½ pint of water.
Method.—Put the water with the lemon-rind and sugar into a saucepan to boil.
Mix the arrowroot smoothly with a little cold water.
When the water in the saucepan boils, pour it in and stir it until it thickens; then strain it and add the lemon juice.
A glass of sherry may be added to this sauce if desired.
[German Sauce.]
- Ingredients—The yolks of 2 eggs.
- 1 wineglass of sherry.
- 1 dessertspoonful of castor sugar.
Method.—Put all the ingredients into a saucepan, and mill over the fire with a whisk until the sauce froths.
For a Christmas Pudding make the sauce with three yolks, and a wineglass of brandy.