Boiled Dressing - American Recipe

Boiled Dressing

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

🍳 Equipment: Bowl, Fork, Small saucepan, Lemon-squeezer, Double-boiler, Dover beater

Simple boiled dressing prepared in the traditional American way.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• 2 eggs—yolks only
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• ½ cup thick cream
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Method

1. Mix — the mustard, salt, and paprika in a bowl.
2. Add — the egg-yolks, and beat with a fork.
3. Melt — the butter in a small saucepan, and add it slowly while stirring the egg-yolks.
4. Add — the vinegar and lemon juice slowly while stirring, and then put the mixture in the double-boiler.
5. Set — the boiler over the fire and cook, stirring constantly, until the dressing is thick like custard.
6. Take — the boiler from the fire, and at once pour the dressing back into the bowl.
7. When — the dressing is cool and ready to serve, whip the cream with a dover beater and stir it into the dressing.

Tags: cream, butter, egg, lemon · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)

Notes

This dressing will keep several days in the ice-box.