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Practical gastronomy

1903

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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
— a la Moelle. — Broiled ; with blanched and grilled slices of beef marrow. — k la Montague. — Grilled ; garnished with small stuffed tomatoes, and artichoke bottoms filled with tossed mushrooms. — a la Nicolas. — Broiled in butter ; dressed in casserole, with whole truffles and slices of foie- gras. — a la Parisienne. — Broiled or grilled ; spread over with crushed shallot and chopped parsley, lemon juice and meat glaze, and garnished with marble- shaped fried potatoes. — aux Pommes soufflees.— With parsley butter, garnished with puff or souffle potatoes. — a la Rockaway. — Grilled ; served with fried onion rings and grated horseradish. Note. — For other kinds of dressing and garnish, see Fillets and Tournedos. Filets, etc. — Fillets. Filets mignons, or coeurs de filets de boeuf, are rather smaller than ordinary fillets, and more closely trimmed than the former. Faux-filet is the name given to fillets cut from other parts, such as rump, sirloin, or the rib of beef. All these names are intended to be included under the above heading, the mode of cooking being exactly the same as for ordinary fillets. When no special sauce is quoted, demi-glace or plain gravy should be poured round the base of the dish. Filets de Bceuf a l’Andalouse. — Larded and braised ; garnished with glazed chestnuts, braised cabbage-lettuces and tomatoes. — a l’Athenienne. — Larded and braised ; served with fried, sliced egg-plants ; madere sauce. — au beurre d’Anehois.— Broiled or grilled ; with anchovy butter. — a la B^arnaise. — Broiled or grilled ; with bearnaise sauce on fillets, and demi-glace round them. — a la Bordelaise. — Grilled or broiled ; with beef- marrow and bordelaise sauce. — aux Champignons.— With sliced mushrooms and brown sauce. — a la Claremont. — Larded and braised ; served with braised cucumber and tomatoes, and small I BEEF 87 stuffed onions glazed ; bearnaise and demi-glace sauces. Filets de Bceuf a la Dauphine. — Larded and grilled ; garnished with fried cocks’ combs, sliced truffles ; p£rigueux sauce. — aux fines herbes.— Grilled or broiled ; with brown savoury herb sauce. — a la Garfield. — Larded and grilled ; served with finely cut julienne strips of ham, tongue, truffles and mushrooms ; poivrade sauce. — a la Gouffe. — Larded and fried ; garnished with small beef-marrow toasts ; demi-glace sauce. — a la Jardiniere. — Grilled ; garnished with groups of spring vegetables. — a la Maitre d’Hotel.— Grilled ; with parsley butter. — au Malaga. — Barded and braised ; dressed with madere or Marsala wine sauce ; garnished with potato croquets done up in the shape of grapes, with nouille paste stalks inserted, and fried. — a la Marinade. — Larded and marinated in vinegar wine and herbs ; grilled or braised ; poivrade sauce. — a la Mirabeau. — Broiled ; garnished with fried eggs, tarragon leaves, and anchovy fillets on fillets of beef ; group of truffles and champignons around dish ; madere sauce. — Moscovite. — Larded ; placed in Rhine wine marinade, and braised or sauteed ; served with madere sauce, and garnished with chopped and rolled almonds. — aux Olives farcies. — Grilled ; with stuffed olives. — a la Palmeritaine. — Larded and broiled, and garnished with stuffed aubergines and mashed potatoes. — a la Polonaise. — Finely chopped lean beef and chopped suet, seasoned, and shaped like fillets ; egged, crumbed, and fried in butter; garnished with small rounds of fried potatoes ; demi-glace sauce.