A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane DietBeard, Sidney Hartnoll
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A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet
Beard, Sidney Hartnoll
Cooking; Diet; Vegetarian cooking; Vegetarianism
(For Hot Luncheon Dishes see previous section of Recipes).
=131. Oeufs Farcie en Aspic.=
Boil 4 eggs hard and remove the shells, and take out the yolks; beat
them in a bowl, and then add 2 teaspoons of salad oil and a little
chopped parsley and thyme, a few breadcrumbs, pepper and salt. Mix all
well and fill in each white half, even over with a knife, and glaze.
Serve with Salad and Mayonnaise sauce.
=132. Nut Galantine.=
Take 1/2-lb. ground walnuts, 1/4-lb. cooked spaghetti, 2 onions, 1 small
tomato, 1-oz. butter, 1 dessertspoonful of Carnos, a little stock,
pepper and salt to taste. Fry the onions and tomato in the butter, and
then add the other ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes. Put into a
greased mould, cover with a greased paper, and bake in a slow oven for
1 hour. Turn out when cold and serve with salad and Mayonnaise sauce.
This dish may be served hot as a roast with red currant jelly and
browned potatoes.
=133. Galantine alla Bolognese.=
Steam 1/2-pint of rice, fry 12 mushrooms and 6 small onions, add 1/2-pint
breadcrumbs, and put all through the sausage mill; add 2 well beaten
eggs, pepper and salt, and a pinch of mixed spice. Put the mixture in
buttered paper and shape it like a bolster, fastening the ends with
white of egg. Tie it in a cloth and steam for 1-1/2 hours, then take it
off the fire and leave it to cool. Before serving take off the paper,
then glaze with aspic. Decorate with chopped hard-boiled eggs, or
beetroot and carrot cut in shapes; and serve with chutney or salad
sauce.
=134. Aspic Jelly.=
Take 2 pints of cold water, 1/4-oz. agar-agar (vegetable gelatine), 1
lemon, some pepper and salt, a pinch of cayenne, and 2 tablespoons of
Tarragon vinegar. Soak the agar 2 hours in 1-pt. of the water, then
add the other ingredients, with some Worcester sauce to darken it, add
the white of an egg and the shell, put over a slow fire till the agar
is dissolved, then boil 2 or 3 minutes, and strain through a coarse
flannel.
=135. Mock Lobster Shapes.=
Put the yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs through a sieve, add by degrees 4
tablespoonfuls of salad oil. When a perfectly smooth paste is formed;
add 1 teaspoonful of Tarragon vinegar, 1 teaspoonful of malt vinegar,
1 gill of cool jelly, 1 gill cream. Have ready about 3-ozs. boiled
haricot beans, chop them coarsely and add to the mixture, put into
small moulds. When set, turn out and glaze.
=136. Raised Pie.=
Line a pie-mould with good short crust, then fill with the following
mixture:--Omelette made with 2 eggs, 2-ozs. chopped macaroni, a little
grated onion, chopped parsley, pepper and salt; 5 or 6 tomatoes peeled
and fried in a little butter, seasoned with a pinch of sugar, pepper
and salt, and thickened with 2 eggs scrambled in them. Leave these
till cold, fit into the pie; cover, brush with egg, and bake in a good
hot oven at first, then slowly for about an hour. Garnish with parsley
and serve cold or hot.
=137. Green Pea Galantine.=
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