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Wine Sauce for Sweet Puddings

Wine Sauce for Sweet Puddings is a traditional British recipe, based on Eliza Acton's recipe of 1845, for her classic sweet sauce made from a sugar syrup base flavoured with lemon zest that's thickened with a butter and flour paste and finished with sherry or Maderia before being heated and served. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Wine Sauce for Sweet Puddings.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

25 minutes

Total Time:

45 minutes

Serves:

6

Rating:

Tags : Sauce RecipesDessert RecipesBritish Recipes

This is a traditional British recipe redacted from Eliza Acton's 1845 volume Modern Cookery, the first classic Victorian cookbook.

Original Recipe

WINE SAUCE FOR SWEET PUDDINGS.

     Boil gently together for ten or fifteen minutes the very thin rind of half a small lemon, about an ounce and a half of sugar, and a wineglassful of water. Take out the lemon-peel and stir into the sauce until it has boiled for one minute, an ounce of butter smoothly mixed with a large half-teaspoonful of flour ; add a wineglassful and a half of sherry or Madeira, or other good white wine, and when quite hot serve the sauce without delay. Port wine sauce is made in the same way with the addition of a dessertspoonful of lemon-juice, some grated nutmeg and a little more sugar. Orange-rind and juice may be used for it instead of lemon.

Modern Redaction

Ingredients:

pared zest of 1/2 lemon
45g caster sugar
75ml water
30g butter mixed to a smooth paste with 1/2 tsp plain flour
100ml sherry or Madeira

Method:

Combine the lemon zest, sugar and water in a pan. Bring to a boil and boil for 10 minutes then take off the heat and remove the strips of lemon zest. Return the sauce to the heat and whisk in the flour and butter mix, a small piece at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute then take off the heat and whisk in the wine.

Return to the heat, allow to warm through and serve immediately.

Find more Eliza Acton Recipes Here and more Traditional Victorian Recipes Here.