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
=Saumon, Sauce Piquante.=--Take slices of salmon about three-quarters of
an inch in thickness and place in a saucepan with hot fish broth mixed
with a small quantity of wine. Allow to simmer for fifteen minutes. When
cooked remove and wipe free from broth, place on a hot platter and
serve with a sauce made as follows: Melt a quantity of butter, flavor to
taste with tarragon vinegar, pepper, mustard, fennel and such spices as
are liked. Stir over the fire till cooked, move to the side of the
stove, thicken with the yolk of an egg and serve.
=Rissolettes de Bœuf.=--With four cups of finely minced beef mix one cup
of breadcrumbs, adding one boiled onion, a little essence of anchovies,
salt, pepper and a raw egg. Make into balls, roll in breadcrumbs and fry
slowly. Prepare a gravy by boiling the trimmings of the meat in the
water in which the onion was boiled, thicken with flour or cornstarch,
add three teaspoonfuls of lemon juice and pour over the rissolettes
which should be arranged on a heated platter around a heap of mashed
potatoes.
=Salade à la Reine.=--Lay strips of endive lengthwise on the salad
plates and cross them with peeled tomatoes cut in sections like an
orange. Dress with a French salad dressing.
=Crème Noyau.=--Pound in a mortar together a quarter pound of Jordan and
an ounce of bitter almonds with a scant half cup of cream and two ounces
of sugar. Rub through a sieve into a bowl, add a pint of whipped cream
flavored with Noyau and then an ounce of gelatine dissolved. Pour into a
mould to set. Serve with champagne wafers.
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Consommé à la Madrilène
Perches aux Fines Herbes
Filets Mignons aux Pommes de Terre
Aubergines Farcies
Omelette au Rhum
=Consommé à la Madrilène.=--Put through a medium sieve five or six
boiled ripe tomatoes, or a can of tomatoes, allow to cool and pack in a
freezer. Add to a cold consommé and serve in cups.
=Perches aux Fines Herbes.=--Prepare six fresh perch and marinade them
with two tablespoonfuls of olive oil, a sprig of parsley, a little
pepper and salt and allspice, bayleaf and other strong spices chopped
fine. Keep the fish in this for about an hour, remove and roll in
breadcrumbs lightly flavored with spices. Grill over a low fire till a
golden brown in color and serve with butter sauce.
=Filets Mignons aux Pommes de Terre.=--Marinade the required number of
small filets mignon of mutton in butter seasoned with salt and chervil.
Leave for an hour or more and just before they are to be served, grill
them, basting frequently with the butter. Flavor with lemon juice and
serve with buttered fried potatoes.
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