Italian sauce

How to make it

1. 1

   Warm the egg mixture

   Whisk the egg yolks and cream together cold. Place over the heat and let it just come to the boil. Remove from the heat.

2. 2

   Stir in the butter

   Stir in the melted butter little by little. Add lemon juice and salt to taste.

3. 3

   Keep warm

   When you begin stirring in the butter, set the sauce pot in another, larger pot or pan of boiling water. Leave it in the water bath until the sauce is to be served.

4. 4

   Remark

   Erken writes that the sauce is so costly that it should only be made on the most solemn occasions, and that it is not suitable as an everyday sauce.