Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them — John Shaqi
Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve ThemMoore, Cora
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Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them
Moore, Cora
Cooking, French
=Consommé à la Napolitaine.=--Place in a saucepan with a lump of butter
equal quantities of finely minced carrots, turnips, a head of lettuce
and one of endive with a little chervil. Add a quart of the water in
which the cauliflower in this dinner was cooked, pepper and salt, and
simmer for an hour. Just before serving stir in the beaten yolk of an
egg and half a pint of milk.
=Cabillaud à la Financière.=--Cook a piece of cod weighing three pounds
in salted water for twenty minutes, drain a place on a serving platter
covered with the following sauce: Put two glasses of Madeira wine and a
small piece of meat glaze in a saucepan with a pint of Spanish sauce and
a gill each of essence of mushrooms and truffles. Boil till it coats the
spoon.
=Pommes de Terre en Rubans.=--Take large, smooth, pared potatoes and cut
round and round in spirals about an eighth of an inch thick. Keep
covered with a damp napkin till all are cut, place in a frying basket
and fry in very hot fat till a light straw color. Sprinkle freely with
salt and serve immediately.
=Beignets à la Printemps.=--Make a sauce of two ounces of butter, four
ounces of flour, a tablespoonful of brandy, a pinch of salt, sufficient
water to make a creamy paste. Cook and, removing from the stove, work in
the whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Cut into pieces any
fruit desired, dip them in the batter and fry in butter to a light
golden brown. Drain well, place in a serving dish, sprinkle well with
powdered sugar and serve. If the fruit is not fully ripe, parboil in
syrup before using.
=Choufleur au Gratin.=--Soak a cauliflower in water with plenty of salt,
then boil in plenty of salted water for fifteen minutes. Remove and take
away all the green leaves, lay it on a flat buttered dish, previously
rubbed with an onion, and pour over it a sauce made as follows: Melt an
ounce and a half of butter in a saucepan, add a dessertspoonful of
flour, mix and add a cup of milk. Stir till it thickens, add pepper and
salt and add two or three tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese. Mix
well and after pouring over the cauliflower sprinkle all over with
breadcrumbs and place the dish in the oven till nicely browned.
=Bavaroise au Café.=--Mix the beaten yolks of two eggs with a pint of
milk and a cup of very strong black coffee. Bring to a boil in a
saucepan, remove from the fire and allow to get cold, stirring
occasionally. Add the yolks of two more eggs beaten stiff with two
ounces of sugar. Mix well and then add the stiffly beaten whites of the
four eggs along with half an ounce of dissolved gelatin. Pour into a
mould and turn out when set.
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Filet de Sole à la Provençal
Poulet Sauté à l'Estragon
Artichauts à la Barigoule
Petit Petac
Soufflé Georgette
=Filets des Soles à la Provençal.=--Sprinkle the filets with pepper and
salt and a little allspice and fry in salad oil with a finely chopped
onion and a little chopped parsley. Serve with a slice of lemon on each
filet.
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