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The Swedish, French, American cook book

1918

Page 298

Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Take pimentos and press out very thin; trim and cut in even sizes; put a tablespoon chicken mousse on each pimento and roll; put in oven with some sherry, pepper, and salt — well covered — and cook from eight to ten minutes; leave until cold. When cold, glaze a ring mould with chicken aspic [see recipe: Chicken Aspic]; cut the pimentos (that hold the chicken mousse) in thin slices; put one slice resting on top of another until the bottom of the mould is full; then fill with aspic the height of the chicken and pimentos; put all around the mould on top of the cold aspic a strip of green cream that holds some gelatine; drip some aspic again on top of the colored cream, and fill with the second filling [see recipe: Chartreuse of Spinach]. Chartreuse of Spinach. Take one cup spinach that has gone through the machine once or twice; add to that five tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine; stir on ice; then add four tablespoons rich mayonnaise dressing and four tablespoons whipped cream. Fill the mould. r r When ready to serve dip in lukewarm water and turn out. Serve with the salad, or as a cold dish, with aurorian sauce in the centre. Chicken with Chaud-froid Sauce a la Signonita Poulet, Sauce Chaud-Froid, a la Signonita Cook chicken in water, with carrots, onions, pepper, salt, and parsley. Then make a chicken aspic [see recipe: Chicken Aspic]. Pick the chicken in small pieces, mounting it on thin slices cut from the breast; put on a platter on ice the shape of half eggs; half cover with chicken aspic. When cold, cut out; put on a broiler and cover with a chaud-froid sauce; decorate with a large diamond of truffle in the centre and a strip of brown-colored chaud-froid sauce all around, put through a paper tube. Glaze with chicken aspic; put back on the platter; add aspic all around, and cut out. Serve THE SWEDISH, FRENCH, on a macedoine aspic foundation with mayonnaise dressing in the centre. Chicken Mousse in Aspic a la Waldorf Mousse de Poulet en Aspic, a la Waldorf Butter waldorf chop moulds; decorate with truffles, daisies, a strip of Spanish pepper all around the mould, fill with the chicken mousse; put in hot water and cook — covered — from six to eight minutes in oven; leave until cold. Dip the moulds in hot water and turn out. Have ready aspic. Glaze a round mould with aspic; lay one chop resting on top of another, turning the decorated side down and the other side up; then fill the mould with aspic; leave on ice until ready to serve. Dip in lukewarm water and turn out on a paper doily; garnish with chopped aspic around and lettuce leaves in the centre. Put a fancy paper frill in each chop. Serve with an apple or macedoine salad. Chicken in Aspic a la Ingeborg Poulet en Aspic a la Ingeborg