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Banquets of the nations

1911

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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
enough to keep your hand in easily without burning ; if over no° Fahrenheit the bread will have a bad colour), and gradually mix the flour, etc., together. The dough should be sufficiently stiff to handle. Cover it up with a cloth and put in a warm place (not hot) for two hours. When well risen, knead thoroughly on a floured board ; put back again into the basin, cover up, and let it rise for another half hour. Then break it up into size and shape of loaves desired, about one pound weight in each. Stand for ten minutes, and place them on the sole of a sharp oven (350° to 4000) for three-quarters of an hour. Pan Loaf. Make a dough same as above.Pan Loaf Grease some tins and half fill with the dough ; stand for three-quarters of an hour, and fire in the same heat of oven as above. Currant Loaf. Currant loaf is made by adding three cupfuls of plumped currantsCurrant Loaf. Milk Bread. Milk bread is made by substituting milk for the water, with the addition of a teaspoonful of sugarMilk Bread. 55° LXXII.— SERVIA Menu Tchorba od Tchrv^ni Patlidjana (Tomato Soup) Piletchi Paprikash (Braised Chicken) Kiivani Rakovi (Stewed Crayfish) Svinska Rdbra Biftek sa krompirom i yayetom (Pork Cutlets) (Beefsteak with Potatoes and Poached Eggs) Gi'ishke Griidy (Fillets of Roast Goose) Sladak Omlet (Sweet Omelet) Votche i Sir • (Dessert) Kava (Coffee) 551 BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS Tchorba od Tchrveni Patlidjana. (Tomato Soup.) Blanch about six ounces of macaroni in boiling water, with a little salt and butter ; take out, strain, cut it up into any desired lengths, and put it into a saucepan. In the meantime prepare a rich vegetable soup, strain it into a saucepan, add the white of an egg beaten up in a little cold soup to clear it, then boil and skim free of fat. Strain it into the saucepan containing the macaroni, and simmer at the side of the fire until nearly done, letting it remain till slightly firm. Mix six eggs with a little well-whipped cream, a lump of warmed butter, and the pulp of six tomatoes previously cooked in butter, and pepper to tasteTchorba od Tchrv^ni Patlidjana (Tomato Soup). Stir this gradually into the soup, taking care that it is not boiling, and pour into a tureen and serve. Piletchi Paprikash. (Braised Chicken.) Truss a middling-sized chicken as for boiling ; put it into a stewpan with lard, and fry for a few minutes ; season, and add one tablespoonful of chopped onion, two tablespoonfuls of raw ham in dice, and half a clove of garlic ; fry the meats a few minutes longer ; add six artichoke bottoms, a bay-leaf, a pinch of saffron, and a saltspoonful of paprica pepper ; then moisten the chicken with a sufficient quantity of broth to cover, lay over a round of buttered paper, and boil on a moderate fire, not to reduce the moisture too much ; when about done, plunge into the stewpan some rice (one glass of rice to two of stock) ; cover the stewpan, keep the stock boiling 552 SERVIA for a quarter of an hour, then place it at the entrance of the oven, or on warm ashes, and thus keep it for seven or eight minutes ; the rice should be then sufficiently cooked ; dish it up, place the chicken on the top, and the artichokes all round. Kuvani Rakovi. (Stewed Crayfish.) Kuvani Rakovi (Stewed Crayfish)