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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.
Put the remainder of forcemeat in astewpan, add a little Gibier sauce, previously well reduced ; when hot, add a yolk of egg, stir over the fire until it begins to thicken, dress it in the centre of the dish, piled up high, sauce over quickly with Gibier sauce, and serve. 491. Zephires de Foie Gras aux TrufFes, Sauce Supreme. — Make sufiicient forcemeat of fowl to line eight zephire moulds (oval-shaped fluted moulds), butter the moulds well, ornament the bottom of eachmth truffles, put them on the ice to set firm, line bottoms and sides with forcemeat. No. 237, in which a quantity of foie gras puree has been incorporated. Place a nice piece of foie gras naturel in the centre, season with a little savoury spice (aromatic seasoning), spread over with ENTREES (hot). 557 forcemeat until fall, set them on the fire in a sautoir half filled with water. As soon as it boils cover with buttered paper, and allow them to finish poaching in the oven, which will take from fifteen to twenty minutes. Dress them in the form of a star on a round entree dish, sauce over with a light Supreme sauce, No. 175, sprinkle with a few drops of dissolved meat glaze, and serve. 492. Epig^rammes de Faisan a la Jardiniere. — 1 large pheasant, 2 oz. butter, f pint Allemande sauce, No. 168, salt, pepper, nutmeg, 1 egg, breadcrumbs, frying lard or butter, veal forcemeat. No. 230, demi-glace sauce. No. 164, jardiniere of vegetables for centre. Eemove the fillets from the pheasant, flatten each, and cut into heart-shaped pieces. Trim neatly, season with pepper and salt, fry lightly in some butter, press between two boards. When cold, immerse well in almost cold Allemande sauce (repeat this twice to coat thoroughly) , set to cool, then egg and crumb. Fill a well-greased border-mould with the prepared forcemeat, cook in a saute-pan half filled with boiling water, and finish in the oven. When done, turn out on a hot dish. Fry the epigrammes, drain, dish up on the border, fill the centre with the prepared Jardiniere, sauce round with demi- glace, and serve hot. 493. Friandines de Gibier a la Perigueux. — Prepare about one pound of salpicon. No. 12, of any kind of cooked game, tongue, mushrooms, and truffles. Take one pound of puff-paste, roll it out very thin ; stamp out some rounds with a fluted pastry cutter ; put a small heap of salpicon mince in the centre of half the quantity of each round, wet the edges with a brush, cover each with the other half ; press gently, taking care to keep the mince in the centre of each one. Dip them carefully in well-beaten egg, crumb in freshly- made bread-crumbs mixed with a small handful of chopped ham or a dessert-spoonful of chopped truffles ; fry in clarified butter, drain on a cloth, dish up in a pyramidal form, and garnish with fried parsley. Serve with a boat of Sauce Perigueux, No. 192. 558 RECHERCHE COOKERY. 494. Pate Chaud de Mauviettes. — Prepare a paste for crust with the following ingredients : — ^ lb. flour, 1 oz. chopped beef suet, 1^ oz. butter, J gill water, a pinch of salt. Work it the same as ordinary short paste.