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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.
Forcemeat of Liver. — To one pound of calf's liver allow a qiiarter of a pound of fat bacon ; chop tliem both separately. Stew in buttei-, but do not brown, a shallot, an onion, and. if liked, a small clove of garlic. Cover the stewpan until tender. Press out the moistm-e from some bread which has been soaked in water, and add it to the butter in the pan ; stir it to a stiff paste, adding more butter if re- quired. Eemove the paste to a mortar, and pound it with the chopped liver, &c., a couple of eggs beaten without the whites, a small quantity of allspice or nutmeg, pepper, and saltForcemeat of Liver. WTien well pounded together, pass the force- meat through a wire sieve. Forcemeat of Mushroom.— Procure fresh mushrooms — young, just opened ones. Peel them, cut off the stems, and remove the browTi part. Dissolve two ounces of butter in a stowpan, and let them simmer very gently over a slow fire, with a slight flavouring of mace and cayenne. Spread them over a dish, placed in a slanting position to drain away the mois- tiu-e. "\\Tien cold, mince them, and add four ounces of fine bread-crumbs, a small seasoning of salt, cayenne, mace, and nutmeg, a piece of butter, and the yolks of a couple of eggsForcemeat of Mushroom to bind. Throw in as much of the mushroom gravj' as will make the forcemeat of the proper consistency. It will be greatly improved if the whole mixture be pounded in a mortar. Make into balls, poach, and throw into soup ; or fry, and serve round a dish of roast fowls or minced veal. It is also good as a stuffing for boiled fowls, partridges, &c. Timer to stew in butter, seven minutes ; to poach balls, six minutes ; to fry, six or seven minutes. Forcemeat of Onion. — An accompani- ment for roast turkey or fowl. After peeling, scoop out the inside carefully, and fill up the vacancy with forcemeat. Bake the onions in the oven. Forcemeat of Oyster.— Get very fresh oysters, beard them, and cut them into quarters. Grate bread enough to fill half a pint, and one ounce and a half of finely-shred suet or butter, which should be broken into bits. Mix all these ingredients together with a good flavouring of herbs, and a seasoning of salt, pe2:)per, and grated nutmeg. Bind with two well-beaten eggs. This forcemeat is for boiled or roast turkey. It may be made also into balls and used as a garnish. Eighteen oysters are suffi- cient for one turkey. Forcemeat of Pasty. — Take an equal weight of bacon and lean pork, a pound of each, and two poimds of veal. Lay them in slices in a stewpan, with just enough water to keep the meat from sticking to the bottom, two ounces of butter, a shi-ed onion, and a tea- spoonful of white pepperForcemeat of Oyster. Cover the lid closely, and steam over a slow fire till the meat is tender, then remove it to a dish to be minced veiy finely. Pour a cupful of milk into tfie stewpan with the gravy, and season with salt, pepper, a very little mace, and a few minced green herbs. Beat up half a dozen eggs, and stir them in; and lastly, mix the meat well with it. Have ready a round form lined Avith paste, throw the mixture in, and cover with the paste Kd, which should have a hole in the top. Bake in a moderate oven, and do not turn out until cold. When served, cut through like a cake. Forcemeat of Sausage. — Prepare a Forcemeat of Sausage