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Plasmon cookery book

1904

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Presented as published in 1904. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Method. — Beat the eggs up thoroughly, first removing the white speck ; add the Plasmon stock and seasoning, and mix them thoroughly; melt the butter in a pan (enamelled for preference), pour in the mixture, and stir carefully until it thickens. Heap this mixture in the patty-cases, garnish with parsley, and serve hot. SAVOURY MOULD. 99. Balls. — Ingredients: 2 eggs, hard-boiled ; 2 tablespoon- fuls anchovy paste ; 2 tablespoonfuls cheese , grated ; 2 teaspoonfuls Plasmon, dry ; 6 capers ; a little cayenne ; a little cucumber or olives. 4S Method. — Pound the yolks, anchovy, and capers together ; add cheese, cayenne, and Plasmon. Mix well, form into small marbles. Line Dariole moulds with aspic jelly ; decorate with white of egg and olives or cucumbers, fill with balls and jelly in layers. 100. Aspic Jelly. — Ingredients: i oz. gelatine; i bay-leaf; i pint milk; io peppercorns ; i tablespoonful vinegar; | tea- spoonful salt ; i tablespoonful Tarragona vinegar; rind of \ lemon cut thinly ; juice of \ lemon ; white and shell of i eggAspic Jelly. Method.— Place all the ingredients in a saucepan, add the white of egg well beaten, and shell and whisk all in the saucepan ; bring to the boil, and boil 3 minutes slowly ; stand 5 minutes, and strain through towel and sieve. 101. MACARONI FRITTERS. — Ingredients : 4 oz. maca- roni; 2 oz. Plasmon; 2 oz. semolina ; 1 teaspoonful Marmite extract ; 2 oz. butter. Seasoning: Thyme, parsley, onion, celery, salt, cayenneMacaroni Fritters. Method. — Boil the macaroni until tender in two pints of water ; strain, mix the semolina and Plasmon in the macaroni water (one pint), add the butter, Marmite, and the other sea- soiling, stir over heat till the semolina is smooth, then stir in the macaroni, and set to cool. Next shape into corks 01 cutlets, egg-and-breadcrumb them, and fry in oil, fat, or buttei. “Food and Cookery,” September, 1903. 102. PLASMON CHEESE SOUFFLES (Cold).— Ingre- dients : 3 teaspoonfuls Plasmon powder; 1 gill aspic (tawny jelly) ; -» oz. grated cheese ( Gruyere and Parmesan) ; g teaspoon- ful mixed mustard; i£ gills cream; paprika or cayenne pepperPlasmon Cheese Souffles (Cold). Method. — Dissolve the Plasmon in a little tepid water and stir into a light batter. Dissolve the aspic and add to it the grated cheese ; add the Plasmon and stir or whisk over the ice for a few minutes (till almost cold). Whip the cream and stir this in last with the mustard and seasoning. Fill up some ramikin cases and place them on the ice. . To improve the appearance of this dish, a thin layer of aspi should be run over the surface of the souffles and a sprig o chervil on top. — “Food and Cookery,” September, 1903. 49 PART V — CAKES, BISCUITS, AND BREAD. 103. PLASMON SPECIAL ORNAMENTAL CAKE.— Ingredients: i lb. butter; i lb. castor sugar; 6 oz. flour; 2 oz. Plasmon ; 3 eggs ; 5 lb. almond paste. Plasmon Special Ornamental Cake