A Sauce For A Dull Food

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 ounces butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped
• 20 ounces milk or 20 ounces stock
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. add the flour and stir 1-2 minutes to make a roux.
• 2 add the salt, pepper, sugar and chopped egg, mixing well.
• 3 gradually add the milk (or stock) and stir until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
• 4 stir in lemon juice and serve.
• 5 this sauce can be used to give an attractive flavour and appearance to foods such as fish, old vegetables, and so on. (direct quote from directions in book!).