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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.
Cotelettes de pigeons aux pointes d'asperges. Pigeons cut in halves, boned, seasoned, and shaped into cutlets, parbroiled, pressed between two dishes, egged, crumbed, and baked in clarified butter, served with a brown sauce (sherry or port wine sauce), and garnished with stewed asparagus points. 224 PRACTICAL GASTRONOMY Cotelettes de pigeons aux petits pois. Pigeon cutlets as above, garnished with green peas. Cotelettes de p)igeons aux cliampignons. Pigeon cutlets as above, served with stewed sliced mushrooms. Ponding de pigeoiis a VAnglaise (English pigeon pudding). Pigeons cut into neat pieces, seasoned, filled into a pudding basin (hned with suet crust), with thin sHces of rump steak, chopped parsley, stock, and hard-boiled eggs, covered with suet crust and boiled. Cotelettes de pigeons au supreme. Halves of pigeons, boned, except the legs, flattened, seasoned, fried, pressed, pared, filled with chicken salpicon and truffles, shaped into the form of cutlets, egged, crumbed, fried, and served with veloute sauce, thickened with cream, Qgg yolks, and butter. Cotelettes de pigeons a la Provencale. Halves of pigeons, boned, excepting legs, seasoned, broiled in oil, pressed, pared into cutlet shapes, im- mersed in oiled butter, rolled in bread crumbs, and fried in butter. Served with Proven9ale sauce. Pigeons a rEspagnole. Braised pigeons with fiied squares of ham and Espagnole sauce, diluted with a little white wine and chilli Adnegar. Pigeons a la Talleyrand. Braised pigeons, dished up with a garnishing of artichoke bottoms, mushroom heads, small squares of chicken liver and ox-tongue, done in a well-buttered veloute sauce. ENTREES : VOLAILLB — POULTRY 225 Chartreuse de pigeons d la Bouennaise. Braised pigeons, dressed in a border of carrots, turnips, braised savoy cabbage, and small squares of boiled pickled pork, all set in a symmetrical row, with carrots and turnips to the edge, garnished with slices of smoked pork sausages, and served with demi-glace sauce. Pigeons d la Marigny. Halves of pigeons, seasoned and braised, dressed on heart-shaped slices of smoked ox-tongue, covered with oiled paper, and baked in the oven, served with Madere sauce. Cornpote de pigeons aux champignons. Stewed pigeons with mushrooms. Compote de pigeojis aux petits pois. Stewed pigeons mth green peas. Compote de pigeons d VAmericaine. Stewed pigeons with small squares of fried bacon and medium-sized onions, slightly sugared and fried in butter, served with brown sauce mingled with a small quantity of cranberry jelly. Compote de pigeons d la hourgeoise. Boiled pigeons, stewed in brown sauce with claret wine, small browned onions, and savoury herb flavour- ing, served with a garniture of cooked carrots, green peas, and glazed onions. Compote de pigeons d la rentiere. Braised pigeons, stewed in savoury sauce, served with its sauce strained and thickened with a liaison of egg-yolks and fresh butter. 226 PRACTICAL gastrono:my Poulets. — CMckens. Poulet en compote. Stewed chicken with mushrooms, fried rashers of bacon, and braised onions. Poulet d Vestragon. Stuffed and barded roast chicken, served with a rich brown gravy sauce flavoured with tarragon leaves. Poulet a la Marengo. Chicken cut into small neat pieces, seasoned and fried in oil or butter, stewed in rich brown Madeira sauce, with sliced mushrooms and trulBtles, garnished