Boston Cooking-School Cook Book/Chapter 24

by Fannie Farmer

Chapter XXIV. PUDDING SAUCES.

Lemon Sauce I

3/4 cups sugar	2 teaspoons butter
1/4 cup water	1 tablespoon lemon juice

Make a syrup by boiling sugar and water five minutes; remove from fire; add butter and lemon juice.

Lemon Sauce II

1/2 cup sugar	2 tablespoons butter
1 cup boiling water	11/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon corn-starch or	Few gratings nutmeg
11/2 tablespoons flour	Few grains salt

Mix sugar and corn-starch, add water gradually, stirring constantly; boil five minutes, remove from fire, add butter, lemon juice, and nutmeg.

Lemon Sauce III

1/3 cup butter	1/3 cup boiling water
1 cup sugar	3 tablespoons lemon juice
Yolks 3 eggs	Few gratings lemon rind

Cream butter, add sugar gradually, and yolks of eggs, slightly beaten; then add water, and cook over boiling water until mixture thickens. Remove from range, add lemon juice and rind. Serve with Apple Pudding or Popovers.

Vanilla Sauce

Make same as Lemon Sauce II, using one teaspoon vanilla in place of lemon juice and nutmeg.

Molasses Sauce

1 cup molasses	2 tablespoons lemon juice or
11/2 tablespoons butter	1 tablespoon vinegar

Boil molasses and butter five minutes; remove from fire and add lemon juice.

Cream Sauce I

3/4 cup thick cream	1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk	1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix cream and milk, beat until stiff, using egg-beater; add sugar and vanilla.

Cream Sauce II

1 egg	1/2 cup thick cream
1 cup powdered sugar	1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Beat white of egg until stiff; add yolk of egg well beaten, and sugar gradually; dilute cream with milk, beat until stiff, combine mixtures, and flavor.

Yellow Sauce I

2 eggs	1 teaspoon vanilla or
1 cup sugar	1/2 teaspoon vanilla and
1 teaspoon brandy

Beat eggs until very light, add sugar gradually and continue beating; then flavor.

Yellow Sauce II

2 eggs	1 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons wine

Beat yolks of eggs until thick, add one-half the sugar gradually; beat whites of eggs until stiff, add gradually remaining sugar; combine mixtures, and add wine.

Orange Sauce

Whites 3 eggs	Juice and rind 2 oranges
1 cup powdered sugar	Juice 1 lemon

Beat whites until stiff, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; add rind and fruit juices.

Strawberry Sauce

1/3 cup butter	1 cup powdered sugar
2/3 cup strawberries	White 1 egg

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg beaten until stiff, and strawberries. Beat until fruit is mashed.

Creamy Sauce I

1/4 cup butter	2 tablespoons milk
3/4 cup powdered sugar	2 tablespoons wine

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and milk and wine drop by drop. If liquids are added too fast the sauce will have a curdled appearance.

Creamy Sauce II

Use same proportions as given in recipe I. If not careful in adding liquids, it will curdle; but this will make no difference, as the sauce is to be warmed over hot water. By careful watching and constant stirring, the ingredients will be perfectly blended; it should be creamy in consistency.

Foamy Sauce I

1/2 cup butter	1 egg
1 cup powdered sugar	2 tablespoons wine

Cream the butter, add gradually sugar, egg well beaten, and wine; beat while heating over hot water.

Foamy Sauce II

Whites 2 eggs	1/4 cup hot milk
1 cup powdered sugar	1 teaspoon vanilla

Beat eggs until stiff, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; add milk and vanilla.

Chocolate Sauce

2 cups milk	2 tablespoons hot water
11/2 tablespoons corn-starch	2 eggs
2 squares unsweetened chocolate	2/3 cup powdered sugar
4 tablespoons powdered sugar	1 teaspoon vanilla

Scald one and three-fourths cups milk, add corn-starch diluted with remaining milk, and cook eight minutes in double boiler; melt chocolate over hot water, add four tablespoons sugar and hot water, stir until smooth, then add to cooked mixture; beat whites of eggs until stiff, add gradually powdered sugar and continue beating, then add unbeaten yolks, and stir into cooked mixture; cook one minute, add vanilla, and cool before serving.

Sabyon Sauce

Grated rind and juice 1/2 lemon	1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup white wine or	2 eggs
1/4 cup Sherry

Mix lemon, wine, sugar, and yolks of eggs; stir vigorously over fire until it thickens, using a wire whisk; pour on to whites of eggs beaten stiff.

Hard Sauce

1/3 cup butter	1/3 teaspoon lemon extract
1 cup powdered sugar	2/3 teaspoon vanilla

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and flavoring.

Sterling Sauce

1/2 cup butter	1 teaspoon vanilla or
1 cup brown sugar	2 tablespoons wine
4 tablespoons cream or milk

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and milk and flavoring drop by drop to prevent separation.

Wine Sauce

1/2 cup butter	3 tablespoons Sherry or
1 cup powdered sugar	Madeira wine
Slight grating nutmeg

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and wine slowly; pile on glass dish, and sprinkle with grated nutmeg.

Brandy Sauce

1/4 cup butter	Yolks 2 eggs
1 cup powdered sugar	Whites 2 eggs
2 tablespoon brandy	1/2 cup milk or cream

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, then brandy very slowly, well beaten yolks, and milk or cream. Cook over hot water until it thickens as a custard, pour on to beaten whites.

Caramel Brandy Sauce

Make same as Brandy Sauce, substituting brown sugar in place of powdered sugar.

Apricot Sauce

3/4 cup apricot pulp	3/4 cup heavy cream
Sugar

Drain canned apricots from their syrup, and rub through a sieve. Beat cream until stiff, add to apricot pulp, and sweeten to taste. Serve with German toast.