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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.
— Patd de, k l’Anglaise (English PigeonPie) .-Par- broiled stuffed pigeons into halves filled into a pie- dish, with slices of rumpsteak, parsley, seasoning, and hard-boiled slices of eggs and stock, covered with piecrust and baked ; served hot or cold. — Pouding de, k l’Anglaise (English Pigeon Pudding). — Pigeons cut into neat pieces, seasoned, filled into a pudding basin (lined with suet crust), with thin slices of rumpsteak, hard-boiled eggs, chopped parsley, and stock, covered with suet crust and boiled or steamed. — k l’Espagnole. — Braised, with dice shapes of fried ham, served with espagnole sauce, flavoured with white wine and chilli vinegar. — a la Marigny. — Cut in halves, seasoned and braised, dressed on heart-shaped slices of smoked ox-tongue, covered with oiled paper, and baked in the oven ; served with madere sauce. — en Matelote. — Cut into pieces, seasoned, broiled in butter and slices of bacon, stewed in brown sauce, flavoured with white wine, chopped chives, parsle}'-, thyme and mushrooms ; garnished with fried button onions. — A la Nivernaise. — Stewed, with braised turnips. — en papillotes (Pigeons in Cases). — Cut in halves, seasoned, covered with a mixture of liver farce, chopped shallots, parsley, and sliced mushrooms ; dressed in buttered paper cases, baked slowly in the oven, and glazed before serving. — A la Paysanne. — Braised Bordeaux pigeons, cut in joints, dressed with green peas ; sauce demi- glace. — a la Sainte-Menehould.— Boiled, in rich white sauce, flavoured with parsley and savoury herbs ; when cold cut up ; egged, crumbed and fried ; served with the above sauce drained and poured round the dish. — A la Talleyrand. — Braised, garnished with arti- choke bottoms, mushroom heads, braised chicken liver and ox-tongue, heated in velout£ sauce. Kari de Pigeons (Curried Pigeons). — Cut into quarters, fried in butter and curried ; served in a rice border. Patd Chaud de Pigeons (French Pigeon Pie).— Piecrust filled with stewed pigeons and sliced bacon and mushrooms baked ; served hot or cold (poivrade sauce) ENTREES OF CHICKEN 125 Timbales de Pigeons k l’Espagnole.— A kind of raised pie (hot water crust) filled with braised pigeons, mushrooms, chicken liver, olives, small chicken quenelles, and dice of bacon and brown sauce ; baked in usual way, served hot. POULET — VOLAILLE. Chicken or Fowl. Bouchees de Volaille k la Vatel.— Small bouche shaped chicken creams, with foie-gras in centre, poached, and set in paste crusts ; sauce, supreme. COGOtte de Volaille. — Jointed and sauteed, placed in earthenware casserole, with truffles, cepes, arti- choke bottoms, and lamb’s bread and its sauce ; covered with a light chicken farce, and steamed in the oven. Cotelettes de Volaille a la Montpensiep.— Boned, cut up, or shaped into cutlets, fried, pressed, coated with farce, egged, crumbed, and fried ; tomato sauce. Cuisses de Volaille a la Florentine.— Legs, fried in butter, immersed in supreme sauce, egged, crumbed in breadcrumbs and grated parmesan cheese, fried in deep fat ; tomato sauce. — a la Wellington. — Legs, fried in oil, drained, and stewed in brown sauce, flavoured with chutney. Filets de Volaille aux pointes d’Asperges.— Braised fillets with asparagus points. — aux Coneombres. — Braised fillets with small cucumbers stuffed. — A la Supreme. — Broiled fillets larded ; garnished wilh truffles, and served with supreme sauce.