=Spanish Sauce.=--For veal, lamb or mutton chops, broiled or fried fish,
chicken, etc. One large onion, one full section of garlic, one-half
large sweet, green or red pepper. Put in two tablespoonfuls of butter,
one teaspoonful of olive or vegetable oil. When effervescing stops add a
half teaspoonful of salt, and the onion, garlic and green pepper which
has been finely grated. When this begins to brown, giving it time to
cook rather well, add four good sized tomatoes, skinned and chopped, or
the thick part of one can of tomatoes. Let all simmer for fifteen to
twenty minutes with occasional stirring to prevent burning. Add salt and
pepper, paprika, or cayenne to taste, two tablespoonfuls tomato ketchup
and one dessertspoonful Worcestershire Sauce, before taking off fire.
It should be the consistency of good cream. If too thin, cook down, or
if too thick add a sufficient amount of _boiling_ water. Use red pepper
as a seasoning.
=Thick Tomato Sauce.=--Blend over the fire two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter and two tablespoonfuls of flour; add a little at a time, and
stirring all the while, one large cupful of tomato juice. Stir until the
mixture thickens; then season to taste with sugar, salt and cayenne
pepper. The seasoning may sometimes be varied by adding a little chopped
parsley or chopped onion or even both. For a thinner tomato sauce--use
but one tablespoonful of butter and one of flour to each cupful of
liquor.
=Sauce Tartare.=--Make first a good mayonnaise, then finish with the
addition of a tablespoonful each of chopped gherkins, olives, parsley
and capers; mix together in a bowl a half teaspoonful of salt, a half
teaspoonful mustard, a half teaspoonful of powdered sugar and a half
saltspoonful of pepper; add the yolks of two raw eggs that have been in
the ice box long enough to be as cold as possible and beat lightly;
measure out a half cupful of olive oil and have this cold also; add the
oil slowly at first, then as it begins to thicken it can be poured in
more rapidly. When quite thick, add three tablespoonfuls of vinegar,
then the chopped ingredients. This will keep several weeks. Tarragon
vinegar may be used in place of the cider vinegar if preferred.
CHAPTER XV.
RECOOKED DISHES.
=Beef Steak Left Overs.=--MINCE fine and for each cup of meat add a
tablespoonful of chopped ham and half as much bread crumbs as you have
meat. Moisten the crumbs with a little hot milk and add to the meat.
Season highly with salt, pepper and chopped parsley or substitute a
little sage or onion juice for the parsley. Beat one egg light and add
to the other ingredients. Make into a brick shaped loaf, grease over
with warmed butter or oil, put in paper bag also greased. Seal and bake
twenty-five minutes. Dish on a hot platter, pour tomato sauce about it
or serve with horse radish sauce.
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