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Dessert
Lemon Sauce II
A classic 1910 sweet built around sugar, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
DessertVegetarianStovetopPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 tablespoon corn-starch or
- 1½ tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1½ tablespoons lemon juice
- Few gratings nutmeg
- Few grains salt
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Mix sugar and corn-starch, add water gradually, stirring constantly; boil five minutes, remove from fire, add butter, lemon juice, and nutmeg.
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