This section is from the book "A Manual Of Home-Making", by Martha Van Rensselaer. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Home-Making.
Method of making: (1) Wash 1/2 cup of butter and put in a bowl; to wash butter, cover it with cold water and wash it with a wooden spoon until it is free from water and salt; (2) divide the butter into three parts; (3) put one piece in a saucepan with the unbeaten yolks of eggs and the lemon juice; (4) place the saucepan in hot water; (5) stir the mixture in the saucepan constantly until the butter is melted; (6) add the second piece of butter and continue the stirring; (7) add the third piece of butter and continue the stirring; (8) add the liquid and the other ingredients gradually, stirring the sauce constantly until it thickens.
Sauce | Liquid | Fat | Thickening agent | Use | |
White sauce,.thin....... | 1 cup milk | Up to 1 tbsp. | 1/2 to 1 tbsp. flour | 34 tsp. salt, 1/8 tsp. pepper | Cream soups, creamed vegetables |
Allemande............. | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | Yolk of 1 egg | Fish Vegetables |
Asparagus | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 cup asparagus tips pressed thru sieve, yolk 1 egg | Broiled chicken or fish • |
Bechamel.............. | 1/2 cup chicken stock, 1/2 cup cream | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1 tsp. lemon juice | Fish and egg dishes |
Yellow bechamel | 1/2 cup chicken stock, 1/2 cup cream | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice, yolks of 2 eggs, plus 2 tbsp. cream | Fish or egg dishes |
Cauliflower | 1 cup milk | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 cup cooked cauliflower, 1/2 tsp. butter | Boiled fowl |
Caper................. | 1 cup milk | 1 tbsp. butter | 1 tablespoon flour | 34 tsp. salt, 1/8 tsp. pepper, 2 tbsp. chopped capers | Boiled mutton |
Celery | 1 cup milk | 1 tbsp. butter | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 cup chopped boiled celery | Boiled fowl |
Chaufroid | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 34 ounce gelatin | |
Red chaufroid | 1 cup tomato sauce | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 34 ounce gelatin | 1 For covering cold meats and chick- |
Yellow chaufroid | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/4 ounce gelatin, yolks of 2 eggs | en |
Cheese................ | 1 cup milk | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 cup grated cheese, 1 beaten egg | Baked halibut or other white fish, or macaroni, or rice |
Curry | 1 cup milk | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 tbsp. curry, | Rice, macaroni |
Egg................... | 1 cup milk | 1 tbsp. butter | 1 tablespoon flour | 1 hard cooked egg 1 tsp. parsley | Boiled fish |
Sauce | Liquid | Fat | Thickening agent | Flavor | Use |
Egg veloute............. | 1 cup water in which fish was boiled | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour 1 egg yolk | 1 small slice onion, 1 small carrot, 1 bay leaf | Boiled fish |
Fish.................... | 1 cup milk | 1 tbsp. butter | 1 tablespoon flour | 2 tbsp. court bouillon (page 529 | Boiled fish |
Horseradish | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/4 .cup hot cream, 1/3 cup grated horseradish | Mutton, corned beef |
Lobster | 1 cup milk | 1 tbsp. butter | 1 tablespoon flour | Chopped meat of 1/2 lobster, paprika | Boiled fish and fish timbales |
Mushroom | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/4 cup mushrooms | Steak, fillet of beef |
1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup oyster broth | 1 tbsp. butter | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 doz. scalded, chopped oysters | Boiled fish, boiled fowl, baked fish, fish timbales | |
Pouletter | 1 cup chicken stock | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 2 egg yolks, 1/2 cup cream, 1/2 tbsp. butter, 1/2 tbsp. chopped parsley | Chicken, sweetbreads, entrees |
Soubise | 1 cup milk | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | Boiled pulp of 4 onions and 2 stalks of parsley put thru a sieve | Lamb, mutton, or pork chops |
Tomato | 1 cup tomato Juice | 1 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | 1/2 onion, 1 clove 1 stalk celery, 1 bay leaf cooked with the juice 20 minutes | Macaroni, rice croquettes, fish |
Villerol | 1 cup chicken stock | 1/2 tablespoon | 1 tablespoon flour | Yolks of 2 eggs, 1/4 cup cream, cayenne, nutmeg | Coating hard-cooked eggs, cold meats, oysters |
Sauce | Liquid (water or milk) | Fat | Flour | Flavor | Use |
Anchovy................ | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | 3 anchovies pounded to a paste, juice of 1/2 lemon | Fish |
Caper | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | 1/3 cup capers | Boiled mutton |
Cucumber | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | 1/3 to 1/3 cup chopped cucumber pickles | Fish |
Drawn butter........... | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | 1/3 teaspoon salt, 1/8 tsp. pepper | Boiled fish, or baked fish |
Egg.................... | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | Beaten yolks of 1 or 2 eggs. 1 tsp. lemon juice | Fish |
Egg.................... | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | 1 sliced hard-cooked egg | Boiled fish |
German | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | Juice 1/4 lemon, 1/4 cup cooked spinach, 1 or 2 beaten egg yolks | Baked shad |
Shrimp | 1 cup | 1/4 cup | 2 tablespoons | 1 egg yolk, 1/3 can shrimp | On toast, or baked or boiled fish |
Sauce | Liquid | Fat | Flour | Flavor | Use |
Brown, I | 1 cup brown stock | 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsd. pepper | Meats, meat sand- |
Brown, II | 1 cup brown stock | 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | 1 tbsp. chopped onion, 1 tbsp. chopped carrot, 1 sprig thyme, | Meats, meat sandwiches |
Current jelly | 1 cup brown stock | 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | 1/4 cup currant jelly, 1 tbsp. lemon juice | Venison, mutton, lamb |
Mushroom | 1 cup brown stock | 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | 1/3 cup canned mushrooms | Beef steaks, fillets of beef |
Olive | 1 cup brown stock | 2 tablespoons | 3 tablespoons | 1/2 dozen chopped | Roast duck |
Piquante | 1 cup brown stock | butter 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | olives 1 tbsp. onion, 1 tbsp. chopped parsley, 2 tbsp. vinegar, 1/2 tbsp. chopped capers, 1/2 tbsp. chopped pickle, cayenne to taste | Boiled beef |
Spanish | . 2/3 cup brown stock, 1/3 cup strained tomatoes | 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | 1 tbsp. onion, 1 tbsp. carrot, 1 tbsp. raw lean ham, 6 peppercorns, cloves, sprig marjoram, 1/4 tbsp. parsley | Egg dishes or corn-meal dishes, or croquettes |
Tomato | 1/2 cup brown stock, 1/2 cup tomato juice | 2 tablespoons butter | 3 tablespoons | Beef steak, can-nelon of beef, macaroni |
Sauce | Liquid | Fat | Thickening agent | Flavor | Use |
Hollandaise, I | l/3 cup boiling water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice or 1/2 tbsp. vinegar | 1/2 cup butter | 2 egg yolks | 1/4 tsp. salt, cayenne | Boiled fish, baked fish, fish timbales, asparagus, cauliflower |
Hollandaise, II.......... | 1 tsp. water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 1/2 cup cream | 1/2 cup butter | 2 egg yolks | 1/4 tsp. salt, cayenne | |
Horse-radish | 1 tsp. water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 1/2 cup cream | 1/2 cup butter | 2 egg yolks | 1/4 cup grated horse- radish | Fish, mutton, eggs |
Lobster | 1/3 cup boiling water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice | 1/2 cup butter | 2 egg yolks | l/3 cup lobster | Eggs |
Shrimp | 1/3 cup boiling water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice | 1/2 cup butter | 2 egg yolks | 1/2 cup shrimp | Fish or eggs |
Sauce | Liquid | Thickening agent | Flavor | Use |
Banana........... | 1 cup boiling water | 2 teaspoons cornstarch | 1/2 cup sugar, 4 bananas, 3 oranges, 1 tart apple, chopped | Fritters |
1/2 cup boiling water, 1/2 cup milk 1 cup fruit pulp | 2 ounces Baker's chocolate | 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 cup sugar | ||
Fruit puree | 1 teaspoon arrowroot | Sugar, as desired | Cornstarch pudding | |
Fruit............. | 1 cup fruit juice 1 cup boiling water | 1/2 to 1 teasp. cornstarch | 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar | Cornstarch pudding |
Lemon or orange... | 1 teaspoon cornstarch | 1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, juice and grated rind of 1/2 lemon or orange | Fritters, puddings | |
Maraschino....... | 1 cup boiling water | 1 l/3 teaspoon arrowroot | 1/3 cup sugar, 2/3 tbsp. butter, 1/4 cup maraschino cherries, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 1/2 cup maraschino cherry juice | Baked bananas, apple fritters, custard souffle, cottage pudding |
Pineapple......... | 1 cup chopped pineapple and juice | 1 teaspoon arrowroot | Sugar, if necessary | Fritters, cornstarch pudding, rice pudding, batter pudding |
Royal | 1 cup boiling water | 2 teaspoons cornstarch | 1/2 cup jelly or jam, juice 1/2 lemon | Cottage pudding |
Tutti frutti....... | 1 cup boiling water | 1 teaspoon cornstarch | 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. lemon, 1/4 cup blanched almonds, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/4 cup citron | Baked bananas, fritters |
Sauce | Liquid | Thickening agent | Flavor | Use |
Chocoalte | 1/2 cup hot milk, 1/2 cup | 2 eggs | l/3 cup sugar, 1/2 ounce | Chocolate souffle, vanilla |
double cream, whipped, added last; 2 tbsp. hot water | chocolate, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. vanilla | souffle, custard souffle hot pudding | ||
Coffee,Cold | 1/2 cup coffee; 1/2 cup double cream, whipped, added last | 2 eggs | 1/4 cup sugar, salt | Coffee souffte, filling for cream puffs |
Creamy | 1/2 cup water and 1 cup | 1 egg white, beaten | As desired | Cake desserts |
Foamy........... | sugar, combined and cooked to thread stage; 1 cup cream, whipped 1/2 cup strawberry or | 2 egg whites, beaten | 1 cup sugar | Steamed pudding |
Jelly............. | other fruit juice 1/2 glass jelly | 2 egg whites, beaten | Light pudding or gelatin | |
Mock cream ....... | 1 cup milk | 1 tsp. cornstarch, 1 egg white, beaten | 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla | Boiled rice, in place of cream |
Orange sabayon . . . | 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup cream | 4 egg yolks | 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup orange juice, 1 tsp. lemon juice | Custard souffle cottage pudding, fruit souffle |
In all sweet sauces except hard sauce, corn sirup, maple sirup, or honey may be substituted for all or part of the sugar with slight adjustment.
 
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