Home · Recipes · Historical Cookbook · Sauces

Herb Sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

• hard-boiled egg yolks, finely grated or sour thick cream (some)
• fine oil (tablespoons)
• vinegar (a little)
• tarragon, finely chopped (a little)
• shallots or onions (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• salt (a little)

Instructions

1. Take some finely grated hard-boiled egg yolks or sour, thick cream.
2. Slowly add a few tablespoons of fine oil, stirring constantly, and continue stirring for a while until it thickens and combines.
3. Then add vinegar, finely chopped tarragon, shallots or onions, pepper, and salt.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.