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The new Annie Dennis cook book

1905

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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
One large spoonful of butter, place this in a sauce pan; one small finely chopped onion and a small piece of carrot; a little thyme, whole pepper. Trim close, let brown slightly, stir in slowly one tablespoonful of flour, then add one-half cupful of sherry wine and one and a half cupfuls of bouillonA Good Mushroom Sauce. Stir in a spoonful of the bottled mushroom sauce and let simmer slowly for half an hour. This is nice to serve with mushrooms and sweetbreads. After the sweetbreads have been parboiled, cut them up with equal quantity of mush- rooms; fry them in butter in a granite pan, and just before taking from the fire, pour over the sauce which has been strained and kept warm. Let boil up once and serve very hot. 180 THE NEW ANNIE DENNIS COOK BOOK Egg Sauce for Meats or Fish Make a pint of drawn butter, add one tablespoonf ul of pepper or Worcestershire sauce, a little salt and four hard boiled eggs, chopped fineEgg Sauce for Meats or Fish. Pour over baked meat or fish or serve in a sauce bowL Bechamel Sauce Put in a stew pan two ounces of fresh butter and four ounces of flour; knead together with a wooden spoon and add a pint and a half of cold milk, one onion, a little thyme, a bay leaf, a little parsley and three or four mushroomsBechamel Sauce (all these vegetables cut thin). Stir the sauce over the fire ; boil a little while, then pass it through a fine strainer; put back in a stew pan and boil for ten minutes with half pint of cream. Drawn Butter for Baked Fish One pint of hot water, one-half cup of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one saltspoonful of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, a few grains of cayenne and two table- spoonfuls of chopped olives or pickleDrawn Butter for Baked Fishs. Remoulade Dressing Mash the hard boiled yolks of three eggs until perfectly smooth, then add a raw yolk, and work with a spoon; add half a teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of cayenne and a gill of oil drop by drop, stirring rapidly ; then add a tablespoonf ul of vinegar gradually, mix well and it is ready for use. Horseradish Sauce Two tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish, two of cider vinegar, one cupful of cream, yolk of one egg, salt to taste, one ounce of butterHorseradish Sauce. Cover the horse- radish with water and boil it for half an hour. Strain, add the vinegar, butter and salt, stirring until mixed. Beat the egg and cream together and add just before serving. Very nice with raw oysters, or cold meat. THE NEW ANNIE DENNIS COOK BOOK 181 Bearnaise Sauce Yolks of four eggs, dash of cayenne pepper, four tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of hot water, one of vinegarBearnaise Sauce. Beat the yolks until creamy; add the water and oil; stand the bowl in a pan of boiling water and stir until the eggs thicken. Take from the fire and add the vinegar, salt and pepper; mix well and stand away to cool. French Dressing Put half a teaspoonful of salt in a salad bowl, with half as much pepper, and add gradually three table- spoonfuls of oil, mix and drop in by degrees three tablespoonfuls of vinegarFrench Dressing ; stir until smooth. Salad Dressing