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Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary

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.
Flake the salmon, line a medium- sized dariole mould with aspic jelly, ornament with a few slices of truffles, some nice flakes of salmon, and a few cooked and bearded oysters. Set the garnish well with a little aspic and put to cool. Pound the remainder of the fish in a mortar together with six cooked oysters, the hard- boiled egg, and the anchovy paste. Season with a pinch of cayenne pepper, salt, and a little grated nutmeg. Eub through a fine sieve, add the tarragon vinegar, the cream, and about half a pint of aspic jelly, mix well, and fill the mould with this mixture ; put the anchovy fillets, a few slices of truffles, and a few bearded oysters between the farce in filling. Should the mixture not quite fill the mould, fill up with aspic jelly, and put it on the ice until required. Immerse the mould in tepid water, turn out on a round dish, garnish round the sides with chopped aspic and a few fancifully cut slices of cucumber. 482 EECHEECHE COOKERY. 367. Petits Souffles de Saumon a I'lndienne. — J lb. cooked salmon, 1 teaspoonful of curry powder, f tea- spoonful curry paste, 2 oz. butter, 2 small tomatoes, 2 small onions, | pint fish stock, 1| oz. anchovy paste, chutney, | tea-spoonful aromatic seasoning, i oz. gela- tine, ^ gill cream, cochineal, 10 to 12 small souffle cases. Melt the butter in a small saute -pan, and fry in it the onions, previously peeled and sliced ; when the onions are slightly coloured, add the curry powder and cook for a few seconds, then add the sliced tomatoes, curry paste, anchovy paste, and seasoning. Moisten with the fish stock and let simmer for ten minutes. Now put in the fish, finely minced, and the chutney, dissolve the gelatine with a httle water, add it to the mixture and rub through a fine sieve, put in a few drops of cochineal to give it a pinkish tint if desired. Whip up the cream and mix with the puree when cool. Fasten a paper band about an inch broad round each souffle case, fill up with the preparation, and stand them in a tin on the ice until required ; then remove the paper bands, put some previously prepared anchovy butter in a paper cornet, ornament the tops to taste, dish up, garnish with fresh parsley, and serve. A few drops of lemon juice is an improvement with this mixture, and when desired stiffer, a little dissolved aspic jelly may be added before filling the cases. 368. Truite Saumonee a la Rothschild en Chaud- froid. — Procure 1 large, or 2 medium-sized salmon-trout, about 5 lb. in weight, wash well; make an opening for filling ; prepare a stuffing with 4 oz. of fresh bread- crumbs, 1 tablespoonful of chopped onions, 3 yolks of eggs, ^ lb. of whiting forcemeat. No. 228, salt, pepper, 1 oz. of fresh butter, and a tablespoonful of coarsely chopped truffles ; fill the fish, sew up the opening, put in an oval braisoire or baking dish well buttered, with a gill of stock and 2 glasses of white wine ; cover with buttered paper, and cook gently in the oven, basting it from time to time. When done, dish up, and allow it COLD ENTREES AND SECOND COURSE DISHES. 483