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Vegetarian cookery

1891

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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Mix the arrowroot to a smooth batter with quarter of a pint of cold milk, then add the remainder, boiling, and stir well together ; then add the butter, cut in small pieces, and when melted and well beaten, add the yolks of four large or five small eggs, well whisked, half a tea-spoonful of salt, some- thing less of CayennCheese Soufflee, and the cheese lightly grated ; beat or whisk the whites of the eggs to a firm and solid froth ; mix them well with the other ingredients, but without beating them, near the oven ; fill the souffle-pan less than half full ; set it instantly in the oven, close the door, and do not open it for ten or fifteen minutes ; in from twenty to twenty-five minutes the souffle will be ready for table. The oven should be of gentle heat, but not extremely slow. 122 VEGETAIUAN COOKERY No. 227. — Roasted Cheese. Three ounces of rich cheese, the yolks of two eggs, four ounces of bread crumbs, three ounces of butter, and one dessert- spoonful of mustard. When the yolks of the eggs have been well beaten, put in the cheese, grated, and the other ingredients, adding a little pepper and salt, and beat all well together; toast a slice of bread, cut it in square pieces, and lay them on a flat dish ; spread the mixture thickly over ; cover it wth a tin cover, and set it in a Dutch oven before the fire till hot through ; then remove the cover that the cheese may brown a little, and servo immediately. No. 228. — Cheese*on Toast. Toast a slice of bread (about half an inch thick) on both sides ; cut off the crust ; put it on a flat dish, and butter it ; lay a rather thin slice of good toasting cheeseCheese on Toast upon it, and toast it before the fire in a Dutch oven. No. 229. — Cheese Turnovers. Roll some puff paste about one eighth of an inch in thickness ; cut it in pieces two or three inches broad and four or five long ; lay some small pieces of good toasting cheeseCheese Turnovers on each ; turn the paste over, and close it, and bake in a quick oven. They may be served either hot or cold. SANDWICHES. No. 230.— Beet-root Sandwiches. Prepare the beet-root as in No. 122, and lay it between slices of bread and butter, adding a little mustard. Vegetable-marrow prepared as in No. 146, may bo used in the same way. No. 231. — Cheese Sandwiches. Take two-thirds of good cheese, grated, and one-third of but- ter ; add a little cream and a small portion of mixed mustard ; VEGETARIAK COOKERY. 123 pound all together in a mortar, then spread it on slices of bread; lay another slice over each ; press them gently together, and cut in small, s(juare pieces. No. 232.— Ego Sandwiches. Boil fresh eggs six minutes ; put them in cold water, and when quite cold, peel them, and after taking a little of tho white off each end of the eggs, cut the remainder in foM slices ; lay them between bread and butter, and add salt and a little white pepper or mustard. No. 233. — Fried Egg Sandwiches. Beat some eggs well ; season with pepper and salt ; fry them in butter as a pancake ; when cold, cut them in small square pieces, and lay them between bread and butter. No. 234.— Omelet Sandwiches. Four eggs, two table-spoonfids of bread crumbs, and half an ounce of chopped parsley.