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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.
Pintail, or Sea Pheasant. — This bird, though highly esteemed where it is known, is not common. It is considered best when roasted, and is cooked like an ordinary pheasant, great care being taken to baste it constantly. It should be sent to table with good brown graAy, and a piquant sauce. It will of itself yield a good gravy if it is taken down when it has been before the fire for about twenty-five minutes, dislied, laid in front of the fire for a few minutes, and then served imme- diately. Time to roast, about half an hoizr. Probable cost, uncertain, sea-pheasants being seldom offered for sale. Sufficient for three or four persons. PIP ( 578 ) PIS Pippin Tarts. — Take half a dozen Flanders pippins, or any other good cooking apples. Pare and core them, and put them into a saucepan ^vith a little butter, and sufficient ■water only to prevent them burning. Let them simmer imtil they begin to fall, then add four ounces of moist sugar, and the strained juice and finely-minced rind of a Seville orange. .BoU and stir the mixture until it thickens, then iOm it out to cool. Put it into tartlet shells already baked, and serve cold. Time, about half an hour to boil the apples. Probable cost, 9d. for the apple paste. Sufiicient — according to the size of the pippins. Pippins, Frosted.— Take half a dozen russets or E-ibston pippins. Pare, core, and divide them in halves, then place them side by side, with the flat part downwards, on a buttered tin. Whisk the white of a fresh egg to a firm froth. Spread it on them, then sprinkle over them the thin rind of a lemon cut into long aarrow strips, and add a covering of powdered and sifted sugar. Bake in a moderate oven until tender, and serve hot. Time to bake, about half an hour. Probable cost, lOd. Suf- ficient for three or four persons. Pippins, Golden, Preserved {see Golden Pippins). Pippins, Normandy [see Noi-mandy Pippins) . Piquant Sauce. — Mince very finely a table-spoonful of capers, a table-spoonful of shallots, and a table-spoonful of gherkins. Put them into a saucepan with a quarter of a tea-spoonful of pepper and three table-spoon- fuls of vinegar, and let them simmer gently for three minutes. Add half a pint of broth or stock, a quarter of a tea-spoonful of Liebig's Extract of Meat, a tea-spoonful of the essence of anchovy, and a dessert-spoonful of brown thickening. BoU the sauce until it is thick and smooth, skim carefully, and it is ready for use. If bro^vn thickening is not at hand, mix half an ounce of butter -vN-ith half an ounce of flourPiquant Sauce, and stir these ingredients quickly together over a moderate fire until the mixture is brightly coloured ; moisten with the stock, and pour it over the gherkins, &c. Time, a quarter of an hour. Sufficient for nearly a pint of sauce. Probable cost, lOd.