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Roux

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 tbsp Flour
• Boiling water or bouillon (as needed)

Instructions

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a pan, add 1 spoon of flour, and stir until it becomes frizzy and expands.
2. The flour must cook through but should only turn yellowish.
3. The water or bouillon you add must be boiling.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.