Rich Wine Sauce

Original Recipe

One cupful of butter, two of powdered sugar, half a cupful of wine. Beat the butter to a cream. Add the sugar gradually and when very light add the wine, which has been made hot, a little at a time, a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg. Place the bowl in a basin of hot water and stir for two minutes. The sauce should be smooth and foamy.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of butter
  • 2 of powdered sugar
  • 1 cupful of wine
  • 1 cream
  • 1 little at a time
  • 1 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg
  • 1 basin of hot water and stir for two minutes

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cupful of butter, two of powdered sugar, half a cupful of wine.

  2. 2

    Beat the butter to a cream.

  3. 3

    Add the sugar gradually and when very light add the wine, which has been made hot, a little at a time, a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg.

  4. 4

    Place the bowl in a basin of hot water and stir for two minutes.

  5. 5

    The sauce should be smooth and foamy.

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