Chapter X · Leading Culinary Operations · No. 276
276—Leason of Green Vegetables With Butter
First thoroughly drain the vegetables and toss them over the fire for a few minutes, in order to completely rid them of their moisture. Season according to the kind of vegetable; add the butter away from the fire, and slightly toss, rolling the saucepan meanwhile on the stove with the view of effecting the leason by means of the mixing of the butter with the treated vegetables.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 276, p. 133. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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