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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.
Mauviettes a la Lucullus. — Boned and stuffed larks braised, cooled, and masked with brown chaudfroid sauce, set in souffle cases, and decorated with truffles, border of green peas, etc. Mayonnaise de Poissons.— Fish mayonnaise. — de Volaille. — Chicken mayonnaise. M6daillons de Volaille k l’Imperiale.— Round slices of cooked chicken (fillets), masked with white chaudfroid sauce, decorated with truffle slices, and dressed on rounds of tongue ; garnished with asparagus salad in centre of dish. Mousse de Foie-gras a la Reine.— Mousse or charlotte moulds lined with aspic, decorated and masked with white chaudfroid sauce, filled with cold mixture of minced foie-gras, ham, truffle, meat glaze, and aspic, centre of same filled with green peas or asparagus points, dressed with mayonnaise. Pain de Volaille aux Truffes.— Chicken farce mixed with truffles, shaped, and poached; garnished with truffles and aspic. — de Foie-gras k la Perigord.— Small goose-liver shapes, decorated with truffles poached. Pains de Gibier k la Gelee. — Small game farce shapes. — de Volaille a ^’Argenteuil. — Small timbale shapes of cooked chicken cream, mixed with supreme, centre filled with asparagus puree ; gar- nished with asparagus points and truffles. Parfait de Foie-gras. — Delicately flavoured potted foie-gras (souffle) dressed in tureen ; when cold garnished with aspic, etc. Pate de Becassine aux Truffes.— Snipe pie with truffles. — de Cailles Froid. — Quail raised pie. — de Pintade. — Guinea-fowl pie. — de Pigeons Froid.— Pigeon pie. — froid de Veau k l’Anglaise.— Veal and ham pie. — froid de Saumon.— Salmon pie. Petites Bombes a la Victoria.— Small bombs or bouches, flavoured with tomato aspic, and filled with pounded cooked chicken breasts, mixed with supreme sauce, and chopped truffles, aspic, etc. ; surmount each shape with a large Spanish olive stuffed with foie-gras. 1 44 COLD ENTRIES Petites Croustardes Milanaise.— Puff-paste tartlet crusts, flavoured with cheese ; when cold, lined with tomato cream, filled with light ham souffle mixture ; decorated with whipped cream. Petites Langues k l’Espagnole.— Ox-tongue and chicken or veal farce poached in small tongue moulds, masked with brown chaudfroid sauce and aspic ; garnished with macedoine of vegetables, etc. Ris d’Agneau, Sevignb.— Lamb’s breads braised, pressed in pastry rings, coated with villeroi sauce and aspic ; garnished with green pea puree, and dressed on seasoned salad. — A l’Amiral. — Oval slices of braised sweetbread, masked with white chaudfroid sauce, decorated with slices of truffles ; dressed on vegetable aspic border, with suitable salad in centre of dish. Ris de Veau k la Biarritz (or Monte Carlo).— Braised sweetbread, glazed, cut into slices, coated with fawn-coloured chaudfroid sauce, decorated with truffles and chilli skins ; dressed on rice border or carved rice block (socle) with hatelet in centre. Roulade Norv6gienne.— Cooked breast of veal, lean beef and bacon, minced up and shaped into roll, boiled or braised, and glazed with brown chaudfroid sauce ; garnished with slices of truffles, etc. Salade de Poulets.— Chicken salad. Souffles de Jambon. — Pounded ham mixed with madere sauce, cream, and aspic, set in moulds ; decorated with truffle strips, etc., set on ice, and turned out when required.