Parson's Sauce (Hartshorne)
Parson's sauce is a light sauce that can be used for a number of chicken and vegetable dishes. This recipe is an interpreted method from the original recipe in Henry Hartshorne's the Household Cyclopedia.
Ingredients
- 1 lemon, zest removed
- 2–3 pickled cucumbers
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 20 g plain flour
- 2 tsp catsup (ketchup)
Ingredients for 28 servings (860 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Chop lemon-peel and pickled cucumbers very fine. Mix in all remaining ingredients.
- 2
Transfer to a saucepan, and simmer for 10–15 minutes.
Stovetop - 3
Use or serve.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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