Cookbook:Hartshorne Catsup for Sea-stores

Hartshorne Catsup for Sea-stores
Category	Sauce recipes
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This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook Household Cyclopedia by Henry Hartshorne.

Ingredients

• 1 gallon strong stale beer
• 1 pound pickled anchovies, rinsed
• 1 pound shallots, peeled
• ½ ounce mace
• ½ ounce cloves
• ¼ ounce whole peppercorns
• 3–4 large races of ginger
• 2 quarts large mushroom flaps, rubbed to pieces

Procedure

1. Combine the beer, anchovies, shallots, mace, cloves, peppercorns, ginger, and mushrooms in a pot. Let simmer until reduced by half.
2. Strain through cloth, and cool.

Notes, tips, and variations

• The stronger and staler the beer the better will be the catsup.
• Try adding a spoonful of sauce to 1 pound of melted butter to make a fish sauce.