Lemon Sauce - American Recipe

Lemon Sauce

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Saucepan, Lemon-squeezer, Grater, Tablespoon

A fundamental lemon sauce used across many classic American recipes.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ cup boiling water
• ½ tablespoon corn-starch
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• A little grated lemon peel
• A little nutmeg

Method

1. Mix — the sugar and corn-starch together in a saucepan.
2. Add — the boiling water, a little at a time, stirring constantly.
3. Boil — three minutes while stirring.
4. Take — the saucepan from the fire, and add the lemon juice, grated peel, and nutmeg. Serve hot.

Tags: corn, butter, sugar, lemon · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)