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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Parmesan and Cauliflower.— Boil a moderate-sized cauliflower in the usual way, and drain it well. Put a large table-spoontul of grated Parmesan into a ste\vpan, wdth a quarter of a pint of good white sauce, and let them simmer together for four or five minutes, then put in the di-aincd cauliflower, and let it boil very gently for ten minutes. Put the vegetable into a hot disli, gi-atc another table- spoonful of ParmesanParmesan and Cauliflower over it, brown it with a salamander, or put in the Dutch oven for a minute or two, jmux the sauce over it, and serve. Probable cost. Is. Sufficient for three or four persons. Parraesan and Soup.— Grated Parmesan should be served with macaroni and all other soups made with Italian pastes. Parmesan Cheese, British.— Put a piece of rennet into some fresh milk, about 76 deg. in temperature. Let it stand an hour or two, then put it over a gentle fire, and let it heat very gradually until the cui-d separates. Throw in haK a cupful of cold water to assist the separation, hft out the curd, drain the liquid entirely from it, and press in the usual way. Rub it every day for twenty-one days vrith a little salt, and be careful that it di-ics gradually. The milk should be heated until the curd separates. Parmesan Cheese, Cauliflowers with {sec Cauliflowers). Parmesan Cheese, Cod and {see Cod. and Parme.s;ui Cheese). Parmesan Cheese, Lamb Chops Fried with {xec Lamb Chops Fried with Parmesan Cheese). Parmesan Cheese, Nouilles with {see Nouilles with Parmesan or au Gratin). Parmesan Cheese, Potatoes Sliced with {see Potatoes Sliced with Parmesan Cheese). Parmesan Cheese Straws.— Beat three ounces of fresh butter to a cream. Mix with it three ounces of dried flour, three ounces of grated Parmesan, and half a salt-spoonful of cayenneParmesan Cheese Straws. EoU the paste out thin ; cut it into strips three inches long, and the thii-d of an inch broad, and bake them on a buttered tin in a quick oven. Serve them immediately, piled high on a napkin. Time, a few minutes to bake. Probable cost, 8d. Sufficient for two or three persons. Parmesan Fondue. — Mix an ounce of flour to a smooth paste with a little cold water, and stir into it half a pint of boiling milk. Season the mixture with a little pepper and salt, and haK a tea-spoonful of made mustard, and add one ounce of fresh butter and three ounces of grated Parmesan; then put it aside to cool. Have ready a well-oiled mould, sufficiently large to allow for rising. Beat the yollcs of three eggParmesan Fondues, and stir them into the batter, and at the last moment add the whites of the eggs, which have been Avhisked to a polid froth. Bake in a quick oven. When set, the fondue is done enough, and must be served immediately. Time, from half to three-quarters of an hour. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for four or five persons.