Lemon Sauce

[JayBassin]

Lemon Sauce

Serves 10 as Dessert.

This is a low-fat riff on the traditional English hard sauce for steamed pudding. It's also good on crepes, pound cake, angel food cake, or ice cream. I've put a recipe for Steamed Christmas Pudding on RecipeGullet, which is what this sauce was invented for.

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Mise en Place

• 1-1/2 T cornstarch or arrowroot
  
• 1 c water
  
• 1/2 c sugar
  
• 2 T brandy, congnac, or othe eau de vie
  
• 3 T lemon juice
  
• zest of 1 lemon
  
• 2 T unsalted butter
  
• grated nutmeg
  
• 1 drop yellow food color (optional)
  

Bring starch, sugar, and water to boil, stirring constantly, and cook 2-3 min. Stir in cognac, lemon juice, lemon zest, and optional food coloring.

Off heat, whisk in butter & nutmeg.

Makes about 20 tablespoons. Serve warm as sauce on steamed English Pudding.

Keywords: Dessert, Easy, Sauce, American, Topping/Frosting

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