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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.
thus, though its name may vary from the garnish served with it ; as for instance supreme de volatile aux truffes (with a ragout of truffles in the centre) ; supreme d la royale (the fillets being served on a border of vegetables, with supreme sauce round, a macedoine of cooked vegetables being piled up in the centre) ; S. a Vivoire (when the fillets cooked as above are mounted on a border of chicken farce, delicately flavoured with foie gras, a supreme sauce being poured over and round them, and the centre filled with either asparagus points, peas, or a macedoine of young spring vegetables) ; for the border prepare a farce of chicken as given in filets a V ambassadrice, adding to it at the last two or three tablespoonfuls of cream, and fill a well buttered border mould with the mixture, putting in pretty freely small dice of pate de foie gras truffe (just taken from the pot, for if left standing they lose their aroma), cover with a buttered paper, and poach or steam till on touching the centre with your finger it feels firm. This list might be prolonged to any extent, as, given the foundation described above, supreme can be varied indefinitely. It must be remembered that rabbits, partridges, pheasants, and indeed any kind of game, may be cooked like fowls, as fillets, whilst venison can follow the recipes given for mutton. Cotelettes de Pigeon a la d'TJxelles. — Prepare the pigeons as described in chapter 2, boning them and leaving just enough of the leg to form the bone of the cutlet'; bat and trim this neatly into shape, then cover or “ mask ” each pretty thickly with a e 2 52 ENTREES. rather stiff d' JJxelles sauce, and when this has set a little, brush each cutlet over with egg and then fine breadcrumbs, and fry in plenty of hot fat till of a golden brown (about twelve to fifteen minutes) and serve with rich brown sauce, strongly flavoured with mushrooms, shallot, and tomatoes, with a dash of white wine and a spoonful of capers added at the last, and a garnish of broiled mushroomsCotelettes de Pigeon a la d'Uxelles. If the pigeons are boned and coated with a liver or foie gras farce, fried, and served with tomato sauce they are called d la moderne ; in short, pigeons may be cooked and served with any variety of sauce and garnish, for example a la milanaise, spread with a liver forcemeat (not foie gras ) fried, and served on a bed of well cooked macaroni mixed with white sauce strongly flavoured with grated cheese, strips of ham, and truffles, with the cheese sauce round ; or on a bed of tomato sauce and macaroni, with a demi- glace poured round ; or d la chipolata, with a rich espagnole and a chipolata garnish ; or d la flamande, with a good strong brown gravy (not thickened sauce) and a garnish of stewed cabbage, and carrots, turnips, tiny onions, &c., first cooked, then tossed in enough butter with a tiny pinch of sugar, to glaze them ; or a la Montglas, when the rest of the flesh carefully picked from the carcases of the birds is made into a rich mince with stock (made with the bones of the pigeons and a little strong stock, flavoured like an espagnole sauce), into which you stir some sliced truffles ; or if cut in half, without boning, the pigeons may be grilled and served on a bed of spinach with tartare, mayonnaise, Cazanova, CUTLETS, FILLETS, &c. 53