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The Pytchley book of refined cookery and bills of fare

1885

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Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
IOO MENUS POUR D&CEMBRE. FRENCH. Puree de Pigeon Ramier. Anguilles Sautes. Quenelles de Faisan aux Trufifes. Longe de Mouton Rotie. Huitres a la Ivabob. Creme de Noix Glacee. ' Eclair a la Creme de Parmesan. Consomme a la Joue de Boeuf, Filets de Sole au Gratin. Croquettes de Gibier. Poitrine de Boeuf Saute. Faisan Roti. Baba a la Rhum. Filets d’Harengs au Parmesan. Puree de Huitres a la Creme. Filets de Turbot au Parmesan. Cotelettes de Mouton en Papillote. Dinde Rotie aux Marrons. Becassines. Plum Pouding a la Sauce. Moelle a la Madere. BILLS OF FARE FOR DECEMBER. IOI ENGLISH. Puree of Woodpigeon. Stewed Eels. Quenelles of Pheasant aux Truffes. Loin of Mutton. Oyster Kabobs. Walnut Cream Ice. Eclair a la Creme de Parmesan. Ox Cheek. Fillets of Sole au Gratin. Croquets of Game. Stewed Brisket of Beef. Pheasant. Baba. Fillets of Herrings au Parmesan. Puree of Oysters a la Creme. Pillets of Turbot au Parmesan. Mutton Cutlets en Papillote. Turkey, Roast Chestnuts. Snipe. Plum Pudding, Plum Pudding Sauce. Marrow a la Madere. RECEIPTS. CHAPTER I. STOCKS, ETC. IN preface to this chapter, I think it for the benefit of some of my readers to remark that the Receipts given for Consomme (No. i), Glaze, Aspic Jelly, Espagnole, and Fine Herbs Sauces are the most economical that can be given, but I must at the same time candidly say (and I hope cooks will not be horrified at my say- ing this) that these articles can be bought cheaper, and, in nine cases out of ten, much better than they can be made at home, of Monsieur Emile Beguinot, manufacturer, 40H, Wandsworth Road, who makes sauces in bottles, at one shilling each, sufficient for an entree, which can be obtained at any retail shop. These remarks are not intended to apply to those who are fortunate enough to be blessed with good cooks or where there is a large consumption, but to small houses where the stockpot is not always going and the cook not an artist. A few bottles of Consomme, Aspic Jelly, and Sauces enable one at an hour's notice to give what would take hours to make. CONSOMME OR BROWN STOCK. No. 1. To eight pounds of lean beef or shin of beef (the bone, if the latter, having been broken and all marrow 104 THE PYTCHLEY COOKERY BOOK. extracted), six carrots well washed, scraped and divided lengthways into four parts, two onions quartered, two turnips cut in halves, two small sticks of celery, a dessert-spoonful of sugar and one and a half of salt, add one gallon of water. Put all the ingredients into a stockpot or large stewpan, boil up briskly, and then place on the side of the fire to simmer gently for six hours. Remove the scum as it rises, and after the stock has been on the fire for six hours, strain through a colander into a large basin so as to clear the stock from all meat and vegetables. Then run it again through a tammy cloth to clear it of all small remnants of meat or vegetables which may have been left after the former process, and put it into basins to become cold.