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 Turkey that is very fat, and being pul'd and drest, Lard him with
long pieces of Lard, first wholed in seasoning of Salt, Pepper, Nutmegs,
Cloves and Mace, then take one piece of Lard whole in the seasoning, put
it into the belly with a sprig of Rosemary and Bayes, sow it very close
in a clean cloth, and let it lye all night covered with White-Wine, let
it be put into a pot with the same Liquor, and no more, let it be close
stopped, then hang it over a very soft and gentle fire, there to
continue six houres in a simpering boyle, when it is cold, take it out
of the cloth, not before, put it in a Pye-plate, and stick it full of
Rosemary and Bayes, so serve it up with Mustard and Sugar, they are wont
to lay it on a napkin folded square, and lay it corner wise.
_To make a Fricake._
Take three Chickens, and pull off the skins, and cut them into little
pieces then put them into water with two or three Onions, and a bunch of
Parsly, and when it hath stewed a little, put in some Salt and Pepper,
and a pint of white wine, so let them stew till they be enough, then
take some Verjuyce, and Nutmegs, and three or foure yolks of Eggs, beat
them well together, and when you take off the Chicken, put them into a
Frying-Pan altogether with some butter, scald it well over the fire and
serve it in.
_To make a Dish called Olives._
Take a Fillet of Veale, and the flesh frow the bones, and the fat and
skin from either, cut it into very thin slices, beat them with the back
of your Knife, lay then abroad on a Dish, season them with Nutmeg,
Pepper, Salt and Sugar, chop halfe a pound of Beefe-Suet very small, and
strew upon the top of the meat, then take a good handfull of herbs as
Parsly, Time, Winter-Savoury, Sorrell, and Spinage, chop them very
small, and strew over it, and four Egges with the whites, mingle all
these well together with your hands, then roul it up peice by peice, put
it upon the spit, roasting it an hour and half, and if it grow dry,
baste it with a little sweet Butter, the sauce is Verjuyce or
Clarret-Wine with the Gravy of the Meat and Sugar, take a whole Onyon
and stew it on a Chafing Dish of coales, and when it tastes of the
Onyon, pour the liquor from it on the meat, setting it a while on the
coales, and serve it in.
_To make an Olive Pye._
This you may take in a Pye, putting Raisins of the Sun stoned and some
Currants in every Olive, first strowing upon the meat the whites and
yolks of two boyled Eggs shred very small, make your Olives round, and
put them into puff paste, when it is halfe baked, put in a good quantity
of verjuyce or Clarret wine sweetned with Sugar, putting it in again
till it be thorow baked.
_The Countesse of_ RUTLANDS _Receipt of making the rare_ Banbury _Cake
which was so much praised at her Daughters (the right Honourable the
Lady_ Chawerths) _wedding._
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