Brown Gravy (Modern Domestic Cookery)

Brown gravy.
== Ingredients ==
* Butter (a piece about the size of a hen's egg)
* Flour
* half a pint Water
* half a pint Beer
* 1 onion
* Lemon peel
* 3 cloves
* 1 blade of mace
* Peppercorns
* 1 spoonful Mushroom pickle
* 1 spoonful Catsup
* 1 Anchovy
== Preparation ==
# Put a piece of butter, about the size of a hen's egg, into a saucepan, and when it is melted shake in a little flour, and let it brown.
# Then by degrees stir in the following ingredients : half a pint of water, and the same quantity of ale or small beer that is not bitter ; an onion and a piece of lemon-peel cut small, three cloves, a blade of mace, some whole pepper, a spoonful of mushroom pickle, the same quantity of catsup and an anchovy.
# Let the whole boil together a quarter of an hour, then strain it, and it will be good for sauce for various dishes.
== Notes ==
From Modern Domestic Cookery by William Augustus Henderson and David Hughson (1828), p. 120
Category:Gravy Recipes
Category:19th Century Recipes