Stewed Prawns

Ingredients;
½ pint of fresh unshelled prawns;
3 ½ oz. butter;
1 heaped tbls flour;
Pepper;
Salt.

Put into a stew- pan a heaped tablespoonful of flour and 3½ oz. Butter. Blend carefully without heating, add pepper and salt and a glassful of warm water. Put the mixture on the fire and stir it-two minutes will be enough. Then take it off, add the juice of lemon and 6 oz. Butter. Stir till the butter is melted. If the sauce is too thick add water till of the right consistency, and keep hot without boiling. Skin the prawns and put them in the sauce.

Serves two

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