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The Dudley book of cookery and household recipes

1909

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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Take one or two Aylesbury ducks according to the size of the dish required. Make a strong merepoix ” of vegetables, a bouquet of herbs and a little raw ham or lean bacon. Wet this with about a pint of good consomme and a little MadeiraCold Duck in Aspic. Let this cook for an hour, then put in the ducks and let them braise. Let all become cold. When cold take out the ducks. Make a light aspic of the liquor — adding a little more vegetable (onion, carrot, &c.), herbs, and a little more Madeira to strengthen it. Cut up the ducks and lay the pieces neatly in a terrine, filling it in with the aspic, which should be a light half-congealed jelly. Some foie gras can be laid in the bottom of the terrine if wished. This dish must be served quite cold. 73 THE DUDLEY RECIPES DEVILLED QUAILS Bone the quails as you would for a galantine of chicken ; beat them lightly to flatten them, then saute them one side of their skin for two minutes, then turn them and saute them again for one minute. The quails by this means are almost cooked, and in grilling them they finish cooking. To devil them use melted butter with English mustard and Worcester sauce, and serve them with a sauce brune mixed with vinegar, eschalotDevilled Quails, Harvey, Worcester. Pass through a muslin and serve separately. QUAIL CUTLETS BORDELAISE Take six large fat quails. Bone them with the exception of the legs. Cut them in half and coat them with quail and foie gras forcemeat well seasoned. Wrap each half in a thin pig’s caul. Dip them in butter and bread crumbs which have been slightly browned. Place them in a hot oven to cook through. Serve them on a fried force meat border on a silver grid. — GRAPE SAUCE to be served with the quail cutlets. Take some white grapes, skin and stone them and season them with their own juice and a little pepperQuail Cutlets Bordelaise and salt. Serve them in a sauce-boat with the quail cutlets. 74 CHICKEN, GAME AND LIGHT DISHES SOUFFLE OF QUAILS POACH some fat quails for one minute. Make a rich brown sauce with essence of quail bones, truffles, and a little onion. Line a silver bowl or deep dish with chicken forcemeatSouffle of Quails, place in the quails, then pour in the sauce. Cover all over with a souffle of chicken. Place a band of paper round the souffle dish. Reserve a little of the essence sauce to serve separately in a sauce-boat. GROUSE PIE Take six young grouse and draw them. Cut them in halves and remove the fillets from the bone, reserving the legs. Line a small deep pie dish with slices of streaky bacon — then place in the trails and livers of the grouse and some chopped chicken livers, also six chopped hard-boiled eggs, some minced parsley and some pieces of very good mushrooms which have been cooked in butter. Place the legs and fillets of grouse in this, then add some of the chopped liver, &c., then more grouse until your dish is full. Add a little very good gravy with a very small quantity of Harvey sauce and pepper and salt. Cover the top with thin slices of bacon. Make a cover with puff* paste and, with a paste brush, egg over with one beaten eggGrouse Pie. Bake for two hours and serve hot or cold. 75 THE DUDLEY RECIPES GROUSE OR GAME SOUFFLE Grouse or Game Souffle