Craig Claiborne

Sauce for Boiled Beef

Preparation info
  • About

    1 cup

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    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

  • About

The following recipe for sauce for boiled beef is made with 1 tablespoon of flour for each cup of liquid; thus it is a thin sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 cup

Method

  1. Heat the butter in a 3- or 4-cup saucepan and when butter is melted add the flour. Stir with a wire whisk and when blended add the broth, stirring vigorously and constantly.

  2. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes or longer. Season to taste with salt