This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Strain and place in a saucepan with one ounce of butter, two tablespoonfuls of raw mirepoix (No. 138), adding two table-spoonfuls of flour. Cook, and mix well together for five minutes; moisten with three pints of white broth (No. 99), and season with half a table-spoonful of salt. Boil for one hour; then strain through a fine sieve and use when needed.
 
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