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Simple Raisin Sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1.5 tbsp butter
• 1.5 tbsp flour
• bouillon (as needed)
• crushed cloves (a little)
• salt (a little)
• 1 cup raisins
• sugar or syrup (to taste)
• vinegar (to taste)

Instructions

1. Cook brown flour from 1-2 tablespoons of butter and the same amount of flour with bouillon to form a thickened sauce, seasoned with a little crushed cloves and salt.
2. Add a small cup of raisins and let them soften in the sauce, then add sugar or syrup and vinegar to taste.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.