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The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cut the heads, fins, and tails off a pair of soles and put them in a stewpan with a glass of sherry, and a lump of butter the size of a walnut; fry it till all the sherry is dried into the bones; now dredge in some flour and stir to it ipt. of stock, i teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, and i tablespoonful of Worcester sauce, and i tablespoonful of ketchupStewed Soles ; stew it till the bones are all to pieces, then strain it. Cut each sole in three or four pieces, fry them in egg and bread- crumbs, and put them in a stewpan and pour the gravy over them. Stew gently for half an hour and serve. 25 IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF Stuffed Fillets of Haddock. Take some filleted haddock from which the black skin has been removed, squeeze some lemon juice over it; prepare some stuffing of breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, mixed herbs and butterStuffed Fillets of Haddock; mix these into a paste by pressing the butter into the other ingredients with a knife. Cut the fillets in half, and into each piece roll a little stuffing; put the fillets into a baking tin of boiling dripping, and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve the fish with parsley or anchovy sauce poured over it. Mrs. Abbot. To Cook Plaice. Take a fine plaice, butter it thickly over, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs, chopped onions, parsley, pepper and saltTo Cook Plaice, and bake it. Serve with the gravy that comes from it. Miss A. Todd. To Dress Crabs. Get two good crabs, take all the flesh out of the body and legs, pound it in a mortar to a paste, add 3 large handfuls of fresh breadcrumbs, and 3 table- spoonfuls of good cream, half the rind and juice of a lemon and cayenne to tasteTo Dress Crabs. When all these are mixed well together, put the mixture into the shells, which must be buttered first; shake breadcrumbs over .them, and brown them before the fire from 15 to 20 minutes. Mrs. Shepherd. 26 KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON. Additional Recipes. . 27 IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF Additional Recipes. 28 KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON. SAUCES. American or Sharp Sauce. -Jib. Butter. Jib. Caster Sugar. Brandy or Rum to flavourAmerican or Sharp Sauce. Beat the butter to a cream, then add the sugar gradually, beating all the time; afterwards flavour with brandy or rum. Miss Elderton. Bechamel Sauce. Put into a saucepan half an onion, 3 tablespoonfuls of butter that has been worked with 3 tablespoonfuls of flour, a large slice of carrot, a bunch of parsley, thyme and a bay leaf tied together, a small piece ot mace, a little salt and grated nutmeg, and 1 pint of white stockBechamel Sauce. When boiling set the saucepan at the side of the fire and let the sauce simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently. When cooked, mix with the sauce £ pint of cream, boil it up again and strain through a fine hair sieve. Miss M. Perkin. Bread Sauce (1). Cut into four a good-sized onion, put it into a pan with 1 pint of milk and a few peppercorns. Let it simmer till the milk tastes of the onion; strain and pour it over a breakfastcupful of bread- crumbs. Cover and let it stand. Add a little powdered mace and 2ozs. of butterBread Sauce (1), and boil to a proper consistency. 29 Mrs. Shepherd. IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF Bread Sauce (2.) Bread Sauce (2)