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Sharp Sauce

A sharp, creamy sauce made from hard-boiled and raw egg yolk, dry mustard, vinegar and stiffly whipped cream, flavoured with chives or parsley. From Erken's Stor kokebok (the Big Cookbook, 1949), p. 387.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 387 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The recipe appears twice in the 1949 edition, on pages 387 and 388, because it runs across a page break. The book leaves it to the cook to choose chives or parsley according to what the sauce is for.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Mix the yolks

    Mash the hard-boiled yolk smooth and thick with the raw yolk, salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

  2. 2

    Add cream and herbs

    Finally fold in the whipped cream together with finely cut chives or finely chopped parsley, depending on what the sauce is for.

  3. 3

    Note

    Note: Raw egg yolk can carry salmonella. Use very fresh, good-quality eggs, and avoid serving this sauce to small children, pregnant women, the elderly or the ill.

Changes from the original

"Del." has been read as dl. Tablespoons and teaspoons are written as tbsp and tsp. A final food-safety note about raw egg has been added.

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Frequently asked questions

How much cream goes in the sauce?
The book gives 1 dl of stiffly whipped cream.
Should I use chives or parsley?
Either works. The book says it depends on what the sauce is to be used for.
Why both a hard-boiled and a raw yolk?
That is how the book has it: the hard-boiled yolk gives a thick, smooth base that is mixed with the raw one.

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