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
Preparation: Brown the butter with the sliced onion, stir in the
flour, add the bouillon and season with salt, vinegar and pepper. Cook
the gravy 10 minutes and strain through a fine sieve.
No. 23—PEARL ONION GRAVY.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
1 small piece of butter
½ tbsp. of sliced onion
1½ tbsp. of flour
½ pt. of bouillon
1½ tbsps. of vinegar
Salt
1 pinch of pepper
2 yolks of eggs
2 tbsps. of small pearl onions
Preparation: Prepare the gravy just like onion gravy, No. 22. After
the gravy has been strained, put in the pearl onions, cook for 1
minute and stir in the yolks of eggs, but do not cook any longer.
No. 24—PICKLE GRAVY.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
1 piece of butter
2 tbsps. of sliced onion
1½ tbsps. of flour
¾ pt. of bouillon
¼ tsp. of meat extract
Salt, pepper
½ tbsp. of vinegar
1 tsp. of sugar
2 small chopped pickles
Preparation: Brown the butter, stir in the onion and flour, cook a
minute, and add the bouillon. Add the meat extract and cook 15
minutes, then strain and season with salt, pepper, vinegar, sugar. Put
in the finely chopped pickles and set to simmer. You can improve this
gravy with pieces of cauliflower and small pearl onions. Serve with
mutton roast or lamb.
No. 25—BURGUNDY OR MADEIRA SAUCE.
For Ham, Fish or Tongue.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
1⁄10 lb. of butter
2 tbsps. of flour
¾ pt. of bouillon
1 cup of Burgundy, red wine or Madeira
Salt
1 clove
1 bay-leaf
1 lemon slice
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. sugar
½ tsp. meat extract
6 pepper-corns
Preparation: Brown the butter and flour, add the bouillon and all the
other ingredients.
Cook this gravy for 1 hour slowly, stirring frequently, then strain
through a fine sieve, add a few tablespoonfuls of wine, season and
serve hot. It must be a nice brown color and smooth.
No. 26—BACON GRAVY.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
⅛ lb. of bacon
2 tbsps. of flour
¾ pt. bouillon
¼ onion
Salt
6 pepper-corns
1 clove
1 bay-leaf
2 tbsps. of vinegar
Sugar
Preparation: Cut the bacon into small cubes and fry to a nice yellow
color, add the finely sliced onion and fry a little while, add the
flour and bouillon and season with salt, pepper, cloves, bay-leaf,
vinegar and sugar. Cook for 15 minutes and serve with potatoes in
their jackets.
No. 27—HERB GRAVY.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
3 tbsps. of minced herbs
1 tbsp. of minced parsley
1 tsp. of minced onions
1 spray of thyme
6 pepper-corns
2 tbsps. of flour
1¼ pts. of bouillon
½ tsp. meat extract
1 tsp. lemon juice
Salt to taste
2 tbsps. of butter
Preparation: Parsley, onion, thyme, pepper-corns are fried in butter,
the flour stirred in and browned; add the bouillon and meat extract
and boil down to ½ the quantity, strain through a fine sieve, heat
again and put in the herbs. Season with lemon juice and salt and stir
in a small piece of butter.
No. 28—BROWN CHAMPIGNON SAUCE.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
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