{"id":1172,"slug":"espagnole-sauce-mrs-w-g-waters","title":"Espagnole Sauce (Mrs. W.G. Waters)","description":"The following recipe, taken from The Cook's Decameron: A Study In Taste, apparently dates from the late 19th century. It bears no relation whatsoever to the classic espagnole, as it is not thickened except for a tiny amount of flour and should only be regarded as a curiosity.","ingredients_raw":["2 ounces (55 g) butter","Slices of veal, ham, bacon, beef, or poultry","3 peppercorns","Mushroom trimmings","1 tomato","1 diced carrot","1 onion, studded with 2 cloves","1 diced turnip","1 sprig each of thyme, parsley, and marjoram","1 teaspoon flour","¼ pint (150 ml) stock"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","veal ham bacon beef or poultry","peppercorn","mushroom trimming","tomato","carrot","onion studded with clove","turnip","each of thyme parsley and marjoram","flour","stock"],"steps":["Grease the bottom of a stew pan with butter.","Add the meat, peppercorns, mushroom trimmings, tomato, carrot, turnip cut up, onion, bay leaf, thyme, parsley, and marjoram. Braise well for 15 minutes with the lid on.","Add the stock and boil gently for 15 minutes.","Strain through a tamis, then remove excess grease.","Cool in an earthenware vessel, and add glaze if desired.","Pass through a sieve before serving."],"categories":["Sauce recipes","Recipes for brown sauce","French recipes","Recipes for sauces and condiments","Recipes using butter","Recipes using carrot","Recipes using clove","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using broth and stock","Recipes using ham","Recipes using marjoram","Recipes using mushroom"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Espagnole_Sauce_(Mrs._W.G._Waters)","source_ref":"4610548","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Espagnole_Sauce_(Mrs._W.G._Waters)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"c36d5868a87037f986ab0fd3467c47040c952c5896de621918171a4ee44fa339","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/espagnole-sauce-mrs-w-g-waters"}