the thorough good cook - recipe - Steward's Potatoes (a la Maitre d’Hôtel)

The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

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RECIPE

20. "Steward's" Potatoes (a la Maitre d’Hôtel).
Boil the potatoes ; before they are quite done take them
up, place them aside, and let them get cold ; cut them in
slices of a moderate thickness ; put into a stew-pan a lump
of fresh butter and a teaspoonful of flour;, let the butter
boil, and add a teacupful of broth ; boil again and add
the potatoes, which you have covered with parsley, chopped
fine, and seasoned with pepper and salt ; stew them five
minutes, remove them from the fire, and beat up the yolk of
one egg with a tablespoonful of water and a little lemon juice.
The sauce will set ; then dish up the potatoes and serve.

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