Creamy Stewed Potatoes With Shallot Sauce

Ingredients

• 6 or 8 small potatoes
• ½ cup water
• 1 pint milk
• 1 small shallot
• 1 ounce butter
• 1 ounce flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 6 peppercorns
• 1 strip lemon peel

Method

1. 1 Dissolve ½ ounce of butter in a stewpan.
2. 2 Add peeled potatoes, sliced shallot, milk, water, salt, peppercorns, and lemon peel tied in muslin.
3. 3 Stew until potatoes are tender.
4. 4 Remove potatoes to a hot dish and discard the seasoning bundle.
5. 5 Thicken the cooking liquid with remaining ½ ounce butter and flour, stirring until it boils.
6. 6 Pour the thickened sauce over the potatoes and serve.