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Vegetable fricassée

Cooked vegetables are laid in an ovenproof dish and covered with a smooth sauce of butter, flour and vegetable water, optionally thickened with egg yolk, and sprinkled with parsley. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 813.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 813 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple fricassée in the invalid-cookery chapter, where the sauce is made on the vegetable cooking water.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Make the sauce

    Stir butter and flour together and cook until pale. Add the vegetable water a little at a time, stirring. The sauce should be smooth and fine.

  2. 2

    Put in a dish

    Lay the cooked vegetables in the bottom of an ovenproof dish and pour the sauce over. The sauce may be thickened with 1 egg yolk.

  3. 3

    Sprinkle

    Sprinkle chopped parsley over.

Changes from the original

"¾ l." is read as 0.75 l. The amount of vegetables is not given in the text.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the sauce made of?
Butter, flour and vegetable water or potato water.
Must the sauce be thickened with egg yolk?
No, the text says it may be.
How many vegetables?
The text gives no amount.

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