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Practical household cookery

1891

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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Omelets can also be made with spinach, sorrel, peas, asparagus, mushrooms (fresh and tinned), truffles, brains, giblets, &c., &a The process of their composition is always 122 PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. the same, only varying in the cooking of the different ingredients required to put with it. Note, — For all sweet omelets, snow eggs, dsc, see Sweets. 265. BREAD PANADA. Soak about half a pound of the crumb of stale bread in tepid water for a quarter of an hour; then put it on a cloth, fold, and wring it tightly to squeeze the water out ; after which, turn it into a stewpan with half a pint of white broth, set the stewpan on the fire and simmer till the broth is completely reduced, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon till the contents assume the consistency of a thick paste ; then add an ounce of butterBread Panada, continue stirring for a few seconds, pour it into a plate and store it away in the larder ready for use. 266. RICE PANADA. Put three ounces of rice into a saucepan, soak it with half a pint of white broth for about fifteen minutes ; set it on the fire and boil gently, without stirring, for another fifteen minutes ; add an ounce of butterRice Panada, stir well on the fire for ^yq minutes, rub the rice through a sieve, spread it on a plate, and put it in a cool place for future use. 267. SEMOLINA PANADA. Put in a stewpan half a pint of white broth with one and a half ounce of butter ; boil ; draw the stewpan away from the fire, sprinkle into it four ounces of semolina flourSemolina Panada, stir gently by the side of the fire till the semolina is nicely dried up, then turn it into a plate and put by, like the previous panada. PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 123 268. BREAD-RASPINGS. Save the pieces of stale bread, put them in a tin dish in the oven over- night to dry until next morning, then pound in a mortar, pass through a fine wire sieve, and put in a tin box for use. 269. BREADINGS. For breadings, beat two eggs on a plate, and mix well with a tablespoonful of oil and a little salt and pepper. Rub through a wire sieve a few pieces of crumb of stale breadBreading, put it in a tin dish in the oven to dry and get a bright golden colour, and then turn it into a closed box for use. CHAPTER V. FORCEMEAT^GARNISHING IN GENERAL—AND SALPICON. Forcemeat is a mixture of fat or lean meat, chicken, game, or fish, and the necessary seasoning, all well pounded together. These are very useful in cookery, and turned to good account for " hors-d'oBUvres " and " gratins," as well as for garnishing fish, entrees, &c., &c., when made into quenelles. 270. VEAL FORCEMEAT. Clean, peel, and cook four potatoes; put in a stewpan with an ounce of butter, and mash them properly; turn the puree into a dish, and place the dish on the ice if in warm weather, or in a cool place in winter. Mean- time cut in small pieces, six ounces of a cushion of veal, and three ounces of the udder of veal. Melt one ounce of butter in a stewpan, and fry these till nicely browned; moisten with a few tablespoonfuls of broth; let them simmer till the lot is cooked and well glazed; add three ounces of chopped calf's liver; simmer for six minutes longer, and draw it away from the fire; let it get cold; after which, pound it in a mortar with one pound of raw fiesh of veal, free from skin and sinew and chopped fine ; then add to it the mashed potatoes ; season with salt and pepper; sprinkle a little grated nutmeg, with one table- Bpoonful of Bechamel sauce and three eggsVeal Forcemeat well beaten ; 124 PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 125 rub the mixture through a wire sieve into a basin, and put it in a cool place ready for use, either for quenelles or stuffing. 270a. ANOTHER VEAL STUFHRG.