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Canned or Preserved Vegetables with Butter

4 servings

Ingredients

• Carrots (canned) (a little)
• Green peas (canned) (a little)
• Spinach (canned) (a little)
• Mushrooms (canned) (a little)
• Flour (a little)
• Butter (a little)
• Salt (a little)
• Sugar (a little)
• Parsley (a little)

Instructions

1. Carrots, green peas or pods, spinach, and mushrooms are best prepared with butter.
2. Make a light roux, add the vegetables, stew until tender, season with salt and a little sugar, and stir in some fresh butter and finely chopped parsley.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.