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Practical gastronomy

1903

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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
CEufs en surprise (Cold). — Halves of apricots masked with jelly, and set in whisked and set jelly so as to resemble poached eggs ; sauced over with maraschino syrup. Oranges. CEufs — Eggs. SWEETS 1S3 P£ches — Peaches. Peehes & la Cardinal. — Halves of peaches studded with almond strips and stewed in raspberry syrup, dressed on genoise border ; served hot or cold. — Montreuil. — Halves of peaches stewed in maras- chino syrup, dressed in centre of a semolina border ; served hot or cold. — Melba (Cold). — Halves of peaches cooked in vanilla syrup, filled with vanilla cream ice, and dressed in pyramidal form, sauced over with rasp- berry puree, and sprinkled with chopped almonds. — a la Ninette (Cold). — Small brandied peaches, dressed on macaroons soaked in maraschino, sauced over with cold custard sauce. — Opientale (Iced). — Halves of peaches stewed in syrup, flavoured with kirsch and maraschino, drained and cooled, filled with raspberry ice, and dressed on shapes of vanilla cream ice. — Piemontaise. — Halves of peaches filled with almond paste (marzipan), dressed on croutons of genoise, and then cooked in oven ; served hot with syrup. Timbales de Peehes Marie-Louise (Hot).— Small timbale shapes of genoise hollowed out and filled with peach puree mixed with whisked egg white, baked and glazed ; halves of peaches, glazed, placed on top of each, and decorated with glace cherries cooked in kirsch flavoured syrup. Poires — Pears. Poires a la Reine (Hot). — Border of genoise cake and custard, poached, dressed with compote of pears, sauced over with raspberry syrup. — a la Florentine (Cold). — Compote of pears, dressed on a bed of cooked semolina, flavoured with vanilla, sauced over with apricot marmalade. — a la Mapquise. — Bartlett pears cooked in vanilla syrup, dressed on timbale of rice, flavoured with maraschino, meringued over, and baked ; served hot or cold. — k la Sieilienne. — Halves of Bartlett pears stewed in syrup, drained, filled with almond paste, placed on cake croutons, and glaced in oven ; served hot. Pommes — Apples. Casserole de pommes au riz (Hot).— Stewed apples ranged in a casserole with layers of cooked rice, mixed with chopped glace cherries and almonds; baked, and ornamented with glac£ fruit. 184 ENTREMETS Charlotte de Pommes.— Apple charlotte. Grisette de pommes. — Apple puree mixed with crushed macaroons, sugar, sultanas, chopped lemon rind, and whisked whites of eggs ; baked in souffle dish. Pommes au beurre. — Peeled and cored apples, baked with butter in the oven, and glazed, sauced over with syrup, and flavoured with nutmeg or cinnamon. — bonne femme. — Same as ” au beurre.” — la Conde. — Apples, pared and cored, cooked in the oven, with sugar, lemon juice, and butter ; dressed on a bed of rice ornamented with angelica, glace cherries, raisins and almonds ; served hot or cold with apple syrup. — a la Duehesse. — Peeled apples, scooped out in small rounds, cooked in syrup, dressed on genoise croute, with a layer of apple marmalade ornamented with small sticks of angelica stuck in each round of apple ; served with hot or cold apple syrup. — Lexington. — Peeled and cored apples, steamed whole ; when cold, egged and crumbed in crushed macaroons or cake crumbs ; centre filled with pine- apple pulp and red currant jelly ; served hot with fruit syrup.