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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.
cutlets for egg and crumbing, and dust these well on both sides with salt and quatre ejrices, or pepper and a very little grated nutmeg ; have ready a mix- ture made by mincing finely a good slice of bacon, a shallot, and a spray or two of parsley and tarragon, mixing this well with one raw egg, then spread a layer of this mince over each cutlet, and brush it over afterwards with the yolk of an egg ; sprinkle a well buttered baking dish with finely grated bread crumbs seasoned with a little salt and white pepper, and lay in the cutlets side by side, moistening them with half a gill each of stock and of claret, and let them bake till cooked, which they will be, when the stock, &c., is nearly all absorbed. Three well-known German dishes must be mentioned, as they belong to the fillet and cutlet genus. The first is Wiener schnitzel. For these cut the veal into rather thin fillets, rub these well with pepper and salt, and dip them into a good but rather light batter (or, if pre- ferred, beaten egg yolk), then into crushed rusks {zwieback), and fry a golden brown in plenty of butter or lard. Serve well drained, sprinkled with a squeeze of lemon juice, and a garnish of fried eggs, capers, and fil letted sardineWiener Schnitzels arranged in a kind of trellis over all. Gulasch: Cut about a lb. of nice fillet of veal (free from all skin, sinew, &c.) into dice ; cut up two small potatoes and one apple, washed and peeled in the same way, and mince down 4oz. of bacon. Melt l|oz. fresh butter and fry in this half an onion finely minced, till slightly coloured, then lay in the minced veal, seasoning it with salt and pepper, and cook it gently for ten minutes over 48 ENTRIES. a clear fire (a liot oven will also do) ; now sprinkle it all with a dessertspoonful of flour, moistening it with a gill of veal stock and half a gill of sherry or Madeira ; add about a teaspoonful of carraway seedsGulasch tied up in a piece of muslin, and let it all simmer slowly together. Meantime fry the minced bacon, potatoes, and apple slowly in l|oz. of butter till of a pale golden brown, then pour off the fat, and stir the bacon, potatoes, &c., into the meat with a fork, being careful not to mash it as you do so. Let it all cook very gently together till the meat, &c., is thoroughly done, then lift out the carraway seeds, and serve very hot. This is an Hungarian dish, and the pepper used should be the Hungarian paprica. (Tender beefsteak is excellent also cooked thus.) Fillet a la Viennoise. — Take fib. of good well trimmed fillet steak, and mince it finely, seasoning it as you do so with salt, paprica (or coralline pepper answers capitally), and very finely minced chives; roll out this paste, flattening it out like a bannock, and dusting it lightly with the flour; sautez it for ten minutes in clarified butter, standing it for a minute in the oven, to crisp, just at the last. Serve with a rich demi- glace, diluted with sour creaFillet a la Viennoisem, round it. Chicken fillets, prepared as described in the pre- vious chapter, may be served with almost any sauce and garnish. For instance, filets de volatile a Vambassadrice : Cut down the breast of the fowl into neat and rather thin fillets, and coat each of these with a little delicate chicken farce mixed with minced truffle (for this mince and pound to a smooth paste CUTLETS, FILLETS, Ac. 49