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Sour Egg Sauce for Salad Beans

4 servings

Ingredients

• 3 pieces egg yolks
• 1 teaspoons flour
• 0.25 l sour cream or fresh milk
• fresh butter (a generous knob)
• nutmeg (a little)
• vinegar (as much as needed)
• salt (as needed)

Instructions

1. For four people, mix three egg yolks and one teaspoon of flour with 0.25 liters of sour cream or fresh milk.
2. Add a generous knob of fresh butter, a little nutmeg, and enough vinegar to give the sauce a tart taste, then beat vigorously over heat with a whisk until it boils.
3. If the butter is lightly salted, stir in a little more salt.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.