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Allied cookery

1916

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Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Knead it thoroughly, first with hands and then half an hour more with a wooden spoon. EGGS ROMANOFF Cover hard-boiled eggs with a stiff mayonnaise. Put a little highly fiavotired aspic jelly in the bottom of individual moulds. When the jelly is firm add a spoonful of caviare and place the mayonnaised egg on the top. Pour in more jelly. When it is cold turn from the mould and serve on a garniture of lettuce. This is good for a cold supper. CEUFS POCHES IVANHOE Cook a piece of finnan haddie in milk, then add 2 tablespoons of sauce (a good cream sauce) with a few fresh mushrooms, salt, pepper, a bit of cayenne, and i tablespoon of Parmesan cheese. Put this through a fine sieve, and in nests of this paste on slices of toast, slip poached eggs. Sprin- kle with grated cheese and place for a moment in a hot oven to glaze. CHEESE PUFFS !!6ring to a boil ^3 of a cup of water, i}^ oz. of butter, a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper, then add >^ of a lb. of flourRavioli and stir to a smooth paste, then stir in, one at a time, 3 eggs, 3^^ oz. of grated 62 Allied CooKery cheese (Parmesan preferred). Add % teaspoon of English mustard; when all is well mixed, drop by tablespoonfuls on a baking tin and place on top of each a slice of Gruyere cheese. Put in a moderate oven increasing the heat gradually. Cook from 15 to 20 minutes. Serve hot. MOSKVA CHEESECAKES line tartlet moulds with short paste. Take 2 tablespoons of thick white sauce, well seasoned, add a good pinch of cayenne pepper, bring it to a boil, add 2 yolks of eggs, 4 tablespoons of grated cheese. Again bring to a boil and remove from the fire, add i white of ^gg beaten stiffMoskva Cheesecakes. Fill the tartlet moulds with this mixture, put in a hot oven for 10 minutes, serve immediately. CHEESE FRITTERS !l6oil yi pint of water, i oz. of butter, pinch of salt, pepper. Remove from fire and add 3 oz. flour. Stir until a smooth paste is made, then add 3 oz. of grated cheese and i oz. chopped cooked ham; when the mixture is half cold add 3 eggsCheese Fritters, one by one, stirring well. Drop by spoonfuls into hot, not boiling fat; increase the temperature of the fat, turning the fritters often. When golden brown drain and serve. i\llieci CooKery 63 CHEESE PUDDING (A simple and nutritious Welsh dish) Chop }i \h, of cheese. Toast and butter four slices of bread. Put two slices in the bottom of a dish, cover with half the cheese, sprinkle a little salt and pepper, put in the dish the other two slices of buttered bread and cover with the remaining cheese. Pour over i pint of milkCheese Pudding, let it stand for five minutes, then bake in a warm oven 20 minutes. CHICORY OR ENDIVE Chicory or endive is scalded the same as spinach, but needs a little longer time in the boiling water. It is prepared the same in brown butter, gravy, or cream. STEWED COS LETTUCES (French) ^ake off the outer leaves; wash them carefully, keeping them as whole as possible; boil for ten minutes in boiling salted water; pour cold water through them; drain. Extract the water from them by pressing each lettuce lightly with two hands ; split them in halves lengthwise ; take off the stalk; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put them in a stew-pan, placing each half lettuce partly over the 64 Allied CooKery