Shrimp Sauce

Wash half a pint of shrimps very clean--mince and put them in a stew-pan, with a spoonful of anchovy liquor, and a pound of thick melted butter; boil it up for five minutes, and squeeze in half a lemon.

Original Recipe

Wash half a pint of shrimps very clean--mince and put them in a stew-pan, with a spoonful of anchovy liquor, and a pound of thick melted butter; boil it up for five minutes, and squeeze in half a lemon. Toss it up, and put it in a sauce-boat.

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash half a pint of shrimps very clean--mince and put them in a stew-pan, with a spoonful of anchovy liquor, and a pound of thick melted butter; boil it up for five minutes, and squeeze in half a lemon.

  2. 2

    Toss it up, and put it in a sauce-boat.

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)