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Fifty dinners

1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Two hours beforehand put into a bowl three and a half ounces of flour ; make a hollow in the centre of it ; into this mix the yolks of two eggs which have 6. Pancakes been beaten in a sherry-glass of orange- with orange- „ , ° flower water, hower water, a dessert-spoonful of castor sugar, and two dessert-spoonfuls of the best salad oil. Mix well together, adding sufficient luke- warm milk to bring the batter to the consistency of smooth cream. Set the bowl in the temperature of the B/SCI//TS WITH MUSHROOMS 1 1 kitchen to rest for the time indicated. Just before using, mix into it a dessert-spoonful of brandy, the white of one of the eggs, and half a gill of creamPancakes with Orange-Flower Water, well whipped. Have ready a clean omelette-pan, brush its surface over with melted butter, and cook the batter therein in the style of pancakes. As each is done, sprinkle it with castor sugar and orange-flower water. If liked, a canopy of sugar may be shaken over the surface of the crepes^ which may be glazed with a glazing-iron to caramel ; serve as soon as possible. Use plain unsweetened biscuits for this savoury, turning and thoroughly heating them in butter in a ^rt7//tf-pan over a low fire ; as the butter browns, devil the biscuits with a mixture 1- B>scut/s , . , . , with mush- composed in this way : — Mix together rooms. three tcaspoonfuls of salt, one of black pepper, and half one of Nepaul pepper. When seasoned well, lay upon the top of each a grilled mushroom, shake over that a slight dusting of the seasoning, and serve as hot as possible. MENU III. {March or April.) Queue de bceuf clalr. Boudins de merlans. Gigot d’agneau a la Bercy. Concombre 6tuve. Pannequets au cognac. Biscuit a la dlable. This is a simple method of making clear ox-tail soup with the tail only. Cut the tail up into joints, and crush each one with a smart blow with Clear ox- chopper. Melt an ounce of butter in tail soup. ^ . a roomy stewpan, and put to it tour ounces of chopped onion, three of carrot, three of turnip, one of celery, and a sprig of parsley ; fry gently, and put in the pieces of tail ; cook all together till slightly coloured, then moisten with half a pint of warm broth and a glass of marsala. Continue the cooking until the liquid becomes almost a glaze, then cover all with warm broth or water, bring slowly to the boil, skim- ming carefully ; when clear of scum put in a muslin bag containing a dessert-spoonful of dried sweet herbs, and simmer gently for three and a half hours. Strain off the broth now into a bowl, when cold take off all fat, clarify with twelve ounces of raw beef and one whole fresh eggClear Ox-Tail Soup, strain, warm up, and serve garnished with a few pieces of the tail meat cut into squares, 12 WHITING PUDDINGS. 13 and a tablespoonful of separately cut and cooked vegetables. N.B. — The second boilings of the tail will form a useful stock, see Menu xxiv. Whiting Puddings