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The "Queen" cookery books: Entrees

1901

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Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
D’Uxelles Mixture. — This is prepared by frying together equal parts of mushrooms and parsley, a third of shallot or chives, and a little truffle (all minced separately), in fresh butter, seasoning it with salt, pepper, and a very tiny grate of nutmeg ; stir this all over the fire for five minutes, then stir to it a large wineglassful of light French wine (or use the same quantity of sherry and water), previously reduced to half by sharp boiling ; mix with the yolk of an egg and a dash of lemon juiceD’Uxelles Mixture. This mixture is often used as a garnish, and also as an addition to sauces, e.g., add a tablespoonful of the d’Uxelles to half a pint of veloutc, bechamel, or allemande, for a white d’Uxelles, or the same amount of mixture to brown or espagnole sauce, for a brown one ; either are then known as Sauce d’Uxelles, or aux fines herbes. Farce, or Stuffing. — Farces are of various kinds : For instance, beef farce ; pound 5oz. of panade, add to it 5oz. of minced and pounded beef, and pound the two well together, adding in loz. of fresh butter, two or three raw egg yolks, pepper and salt, and a little Coralline pepperBeef Farce ; sieve it, and use. If required for a; border, 2oz. or 3oz. more each of beef and panade rii'ay be added to the above proportions. Yeal, rabbit, or chicken farce is prepared in exactly the sWe way. Liver farce is made by frying together ODDS' AND ENDS. 231 ^lb. of liver (calf, game, or poultry livers may be used), with 4oz. each of fat bacon and white meat, all cut into dice, in an ounce of butter, or marrow fat, with two bay leaves, two or three sprays of thyme and parsley, salt, coralline and black pepper ; fry it all for five minutes, then whilst hot, pound it to a smooth paste, sieve it, and mix into this puree two or three minced button mushrooms, or truffles, and one raw egg yolk, and use. (This is sufficient farce for four pigeons.) The delicacy of this depends naturally on the materials used, game and poultry livers mixed with chicken or rabbit meat being especially dainty. Foie gras farce is simply pate de foie gras trujfe, rubbed through a sieve, and if liked mixed with some truffles cut into dice. Herb farce, used for veal, hare, &c., is made by mixing together 4oz. freshly made breadcrumbs, 2oz. finely chopped beef suet, a tablespoonful of minced mixed herbs, two whole raw eggs, with pepper and salt to taste. Tiny balls of this last farce, rolled in flourBeef Suet Balls, may be boiled gently in boiling water for ten minutes or so ; or if preferred may be rolled in flour, dipped in beaten egg, and then into freshly made bread- crumbs, and fried a pale gold colour, as a garnish for any hare entree. ' Garnishes. — This is a word roughly applied to any addenda served with a dish, and includes vegetables, sauce, &c. It is, however, more particularly applied to small ragouts, or mixtures of various kinds of meat, fish, vegetable, &c., tossed in some rich and appropriate sauce, and served with the dish in question. The best known of these are : Chipolata. ENTRIES.