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Butter Sauce for Fine Sea Fish

4 servings

Ingredients

• very fresh butter (as needed)
• fish stock (a little)
• parsley, very finely chopped (a little)

Instructions

1. Place very fresh butter in an earthenware dish over boiling water for a few minutes until it softens.
2. Stir until it forms bubbles, then slowly and gradually add a little fish stock and a little very finely chopped parsley while stirring constantly, and continue to stir the sauce for another 5 minutes.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.