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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.
Tvirkey, Forcemeat of Chestnuts for. — Mince finely a pound of fat, unsmoked bacon and three-quarters of a pound of lean, undressed veal. Season the mince with salt, pepper, and grated nutmeg, and pound it in a mortar till smooth. Eoast and jjecl three dozen chestnuts, and put them into the body of the bird with the forcemeat. Or roast a pint of chestnuts gently, and peel them ; weigh them, and simmer half a pound of them for twenty minutes in as much veal gravy as will cover them. Drain them, and let them cool, then pound them in a mortar with four ounces of fresh butter, three ounces of grated bread- crumbs, a pinch of grated lemon-rind, a smaller one of powdered mace, and a little pepper, salt, and caji^enne. Bind the mixture together with the unbeaten yolks of three eggsForcemeat of Chestnuts for Turkey. Turkey, G-alantine of. — This dish, though rather troublesome to prepare, is an excellent one for a supper or collation. Pluck, draw, and singe a plump hen turkej^ ; cut it in two down the breast, cut off the wings and neck, and bone it carefully without injuring the skin, first removing the back-bone. Re- move some of the flesh from the inside of the turkey and from the legs, especially all the sinews. Lay the turkey flat on the table, skin downwards, and truss the legs inside. Spread on it a layer of veal forcemeat an inch deep, then put a layer of the meat cut from the tiu'key, and on this some strips of cooked lean ham and fat bacon, lean veal, boiled tongue, with three or four sliced trufiies, if obtainable. The meat and the trufiies must be laid on in such a way that the colours will contrast. Put another layer of forcemeat on the top, and season the whole with pepper and salt. Turn the skin over, roll the turkej'' in the form of a large sausage, and sew it up securely that the contents may not escape. Lay thin slices of fat bacon round it, and tie it in a cloth. Put it into a stewpan, cover with nicely-seasoned stock, and let it simmer gently for four hours. Two or three onions stuck with cloves, a bay- leaf, three sliced carrots, a bunch of parsley, and a sprig of thjTne may be stewed in the stock with the turkey. Put the bones of the turkey into a separate stewpan with a few spoonfuls of stock, and let them simmer gently for an hour. Strain the liquor, stir a wine-glassfxil of white vdne into it, and pour this broth into the pan containing the tin-key. When the galantine is sufficiently dressed, lift it from the fire, and let it remain in the liquor for an hour. Tie it in a fresh clothGalantine of Turkey, and lay it on a dish ; put a weight upon it so that it may be pressed and still retain its shape, and let it remain until cold. Remove the cloth, clear it from fat, and brush two coats of glaze over it. Ornament with aspic jelly, beetroot, and eggs cut into various shapes, or with truffles, &c., stuck into it with silver skewers. Time, foui' hours to simmer the galantine. Sufficient for a large supper-dish. Turkey Giblets, Fricasseed.— Take