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Recipes for high-class cookery

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
LEEDS UNIVERSITY LEEDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Classmark: A 010 6 05 9903 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/b2150457x RECIPES FOR HIGH CLASS COOKERr. RECIPES FOR HIGH-CLASS COOKERY M USBD in the Sdinburgh School of Cookery ^ ¥ ¥ T. NELSON & SONS, Ltd. LONDON, EDINBURGH. AND NEW YORK TOINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN A? THE PRESS OF THE PUBLISHERS. LiXi * i f’ '■ f LEtOi CONTENTS Soups . , . t • • • % • • PACK 1 Fish • • • • • 25 Entrees . « 4 • 1. • « » 43 Vegetables and Sauvds « • • • 79 Hot Sweets . « • • t • 97 Cold Sweets . • « • • t » • 119 Savouries • • » • 145 Sauces . , • 1 • • h O 165 Jellies . . 9 * • t • 181 Pastries . , e % 9 % • 189 Cakes • • • • • • • 197 Miscellaneous f • • • t 9 211 Index t 1 $ • » • 219 I SOUPS, 1 BROWN STOCK. 2 lbs. shin or shoulder of beef. Small carrot. Small onion. 10 small peppercorns. Stick of celery, or | tea spoonful celery seeds tied in muslin. ^ teaspoonful salt. 2 quarts of cold water. Measure the water into a strong pan ; add salt. Wipe and cut the meat into small pieces, removing fat and skin, and add to the water. Scrape the bone well, remove the marrow, wash to remove the fat, and put into the pan. Bring the stock slowly to boiling-point ; about three-quarters of an hour. Remove any grey- looking scum ; add the prepared vegetables cut into large pieces. Simmer the stock from three to four hours. Strain through a hair sieve. When cold, skim thoroughly. The stock is then ready for soups, etc. [ ^ J WHITE STOCK. Proportion and preparation the same as for brown stock ; only use knuckle of veal or bones and trimmings of chickens or rabbits instead of beef. For white stock omit the carrot. FISH STOCK. Twopennyworth of fish I 6 white pepperconui. trimmings. I 1 blade of mace. 1 onion. t Salt. 1 stick of celery. | 1 quart of cold water. Thoroughly cleanse the trimmings, and put them into a saucepan with the water and salt. Bring slowly to the boil, and skim thoroughly ; add peppercorns, celery, and mace, and allow all to simmer for forty minutes, then strain. This stock can be used for fish soup or sauce. Note. — (1) If better stock is desired a haddock or a cod’s head can be used instead of fish trimmings. (2) If fish stock is cooked too long a bitter flavour is extracted from the bones. [ 5 ] CONSOMME.. To clear 1 quart of stock. ,, onion, lb. lean juicy beef. 1 white and shell of egg. Small piece of carrot. Blade of mace. 6 white peppercorns. Salt. The stock should be cold for clarifying. Remove all fat, shred the lean beef, and soak it for fifteen minutes in one gill of water. Prepare the vegetables, and cut in slices. Put all the ingredients into a clean rinsed pan, and whisk over a clear fire until almost at boiling-point. Remove the whisk, and allow the stock to boil up with force ; then let it infuse for thirty minutes, and strain through a dry cloth. The consomm^ is then ready for reheating, and may be garnished according to taste. A little light sherry may be added if desired. 2V.jB. — All garnishes should be rinsed if possible. [ e ] CONSOMMfi A LA ROYALE. 1 quart of clear stock. Gamith. — 1 tablespoouful of milk^ white stock, or cream. 1 yolk of egg. Pepper and salt.