Old Style Sauce

Original Recipe

One pint of sour cream, the juice and finely grated rind of a large lemon; sugar to taste. Beat hard and long until the sauce is very light. This is delicious with cold "Brown Betty"--a form of cold farina--cornstarch, blanc mange and the like.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of sour cream
  • 1 large lemon

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One pint of sour cream, the juice and finely grated rind of a large lemon; sugar to taste.

  2. 2

    Beat hard and long until the sauce is very light.

  3. 3

    This is delicious with cold "Brown Betty"--a form of cold farina--cornstarch, blanc mange and the like.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)