The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged EditionMeier, Lina
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The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Meier, Lina
Cooking, German
2½ lbs. of fish
2½ qts. of water
Salt
4 pepper-corns
2 cloves
2 lemon slices
2 tbsps. of vinegar
4 tbsps. of lemon juice
¼ pt. of white wine
10 pieces of white gelatine
1 bay-leaf
Preparation: Put the water on with all the other ingredients and boil,
then put in the fish after being dressed and cleaned and let it simmer
gently for ½ hour. Take out the fish, remove the bones and cut it up
into large pieces. The fish stock is boiled down to l¼ qts. and the
gelatine dissolved in it, then boiled for one hour, strained and
poured on the fish to cool. Serve it on a glass platter garnished with
head lettuce.
No. 9—EEL IN JELLY.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
3 lbs. of eel
1½ qts. of water
¼ qt. of wine vinegar
10 pepper-corns
3 cloves
Salt
2 bay-leaves
1 sliced onion
Some soup greens
¼ lemon, sliced
12 layers of white gelatine
¼ tsp. of meat extract
2 hard-boiled eggs
White of 1 egg
Preparation: The eel is skinned, cut in pieces and the intestines
taken out. The 1½ qts. of water are brought to boil with vinegar,
pepper-corns, salt, bay-leaf, onions, lemon slices and soup greens; add
the eel and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Take out the pieces of eel
and boil the broth down to 1 qt. Into this put the crushed egg shells,
the white of egg mixed with some broth, ¼ teaspoonful of meat extract
and the gelatine and cook for a minute, then set aside. When the
bouillon is clear, strain it through a fine cloth. Slice the two hard
boiled eggs and cover the bottom of a porcelain dish with them, then
pour on some jelly and fish bouillon and let it get cold. After that
put the eel pieces on and the rest of the sliced egg, then pour the
rest of the stock over and let it get cold. When it is stiff, turn it
out on a plate and garnish with head lettuce, It is best to prepare
this dish the day before using it.
No. 10—SALMON IN JELLY.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
2½ lbs. of salmon
1½ qts. of water
½ cup of wine vinegar
1 cup of white wine
½ sliced onion
¼ sliced lemon
12 pepper-corns
5 cloves
2 bay-leaves
10 pieces of gelatine
2 whites of eggs and shells
10 crab tails if you like
Salt
Preparation: Into the water put the wine vinegar, the wine, salt,
pepper-corns, bay-leaves, cloves, onion slices, lemon slices and let
it come to boil. Clean the fish well and put it into this water to
simmer gently for ½ to ¾ hour. After this take the fish out, remove
the bones, cut in pieces and boil down the stock to 1 qt. Beat the
whites of 2 eggs with some of the broth and add it, also the crushed
shells and 10 pieces or layers of gelatine. Let this mass cook a
second and set aside to clarify, then strain through a fine cloth.
Place the pieces of fish and crab tails into a porcelain dish, pour
the fish stock on and put it on ice to cool quickly. Then turn it out
on a glass platter and garnish with head lettuce and lemon slices.
Serve with a mayonnaise dressing.
No. 11—OYSTERS AND CAVIAR IN JELLY.
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