The Compleat Cook: Expertly Prescribing the Most Ready Wayes, Whether Italian,; Spanish or French, for Dressing of Flesh and Fish, Ordering; Of Sauces or Making of PastryW. M.
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The Compleat Cook: Expertly Prescribing the Most Ready Wayes, Whether Italian,; Spanish or French, for Dressing of Flesh and Fish, Ordering; Of Sauces or Making of Pastry
W. M.
Cookbooks; Cooking -- Early works to 1800
Take a Calves Chaldron, after it is little more then half boyled, and
when it is cold, cut it into little bits as big as Walnuts; season it
with beaten Cloves, Salt, Nutmeg, Mace, and a little Pepper, an Onion,
Parsley, and a little Tarragon, all shred very small, then put it into a
frying-pan, with a Ladle-full of strong broth, and a little piece of
sweet Butter, so fry it; when it is fryed enough, have a little lear
made with the Gravy of Mutton, the juyce of a Lemon and Orange, the
yolks of three or four Eggs, and a little Nutmeg grated therein; put all
this to your Chaldrons in the Pan, Toss your Fricat two or three times,
then dish it, and so serve it up.
_To Fricate Champigneons._
Make ready your champigneons as you do for stewing, and when you have
poured away the black liquor that comes from them, put your champigneons
into a Frying pan with a piece of sweet Butter, a little Parsley, Tyme,
sweet Marjoram, a piece of Onion shred very small, a little Salt and
fine beaten Pepper, so fry them till they be enough, so have ready the
lear abovesaid, and put it to the champigneons whilst they are in the
Pan, toss them two or three times, put them forth and serve them.
_To make buttered Loaves._
Take the yolks of twelve Eggs, and six whites, and a quarter of a pint
of yeast, when you have beaten the Eggs well, strain them with the yeast
into a Dish, then put to it a little Salt, and two rases of Ginger
beaten very small, then put flower to it till it come to a high Past
that will not cleave, then you must roule it upon your hands and
afterwards put it into a warm Cloath and let it lye there a quarter of
an hour, then make it up in little Loaves, bake; against it is baked
prepare a pound and a half of Butter, a quarter of a pint of white wine,
and halfe a pound of Sugar; This being melted and beaten together with
it, set them into the Oven a quarter of an hour.
_To murine Carps, Mullet, Gurnet, Rochet, or Wale, &c._
Take a quart of water to a Gallon of Vinegar, a good handful of
Bay-leaves, as much Rosemary, a quarter of a pound of Pepper beaten; put
all these together, and let it seeth softly, and season it with a little
Salt, then fry your Fish with frying Oyle till it be enough, then put in
an earthen Vessell, and lay the Bay-leaves and Rosemary between and
about the Fish, and pour the Broth upon it, and when it is cold, cover
it, _&c_.
_To make a Calves Chaldron Pye._
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