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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.
whipped cream, garnished with pistachios and angelica. Brioches. — Light milk dough bun or border shapes, baked, sometimes filled with cream. Cornets k la creme. — Wafer biscuits rolled up as cornets, and filled with whipped cream. — au nougat. — Sugar and almonds boiled to the crack, shaped into cornets, and filled with cream. Dominos. — Domino-shaped g^noise pastry, iced over, and suitably decorated. Eclairs. — Finger shapes of choux paste, baked, filled with cream, and iced with coffee or chocolate icing. Madeleines. — Small cakes of the gdnoise class, baked in tartlet moulds or patty pans. Tarte aux pommes. Tarte aux prunes. Tartes aux fruits. Tartes (tourtes). Tourte au chocolat. Tourte au citron. Tourte aux fruits. Tourte aux marrons. Tourte de noix. Tourte a l' orange. Tourte au pain bis. Tourte au punch. Tourte au rhum. Tourte a la sableuse Apple tart. Plum tart. Fruit tarts or fruit pies. Tarts and pies. Chocolate cake. Lemon cake. Open fruit tart. Chestnut cake. Walnut cake. Orange cake. Brown bread cake. Punch cake. Rum cake. A kind of flat sponge cake. SAVOURIES 192 Nids d’oiseaux (Birds’ Nests). — Egg and almond paste shaped like birds’ nests, baked, and filled with whipped cream, flavoured with apricot mar- malade ; small comfits to imitate eggs are put on top. Palmiers OP Ppussiens.— Thin puff paste dredged with castor sugar and rolled up, cut into round slices, and baked. Quillets. — Small tartlets filled with madeleine mix- ture, centre scooped out when baked and filled with almond cream, decorated with whipped cream. Smelles (Soles). — Oval shapes of thin puff paste, rolled in castor sugar, and baked. Tranches a la neige. — Slices of rich almond short crust pastry, lined with jam, spread over thickly with meringue mixture, and baked in slow oven. Tuilles. — Meringue and almond paste, shaped and baked like macaroons. ENTREMETS, SAVOUREUX, ETC. AFTER DINNER SAVOURIES AND BREAKFAST DISHES. Fish Savouries. Anchois f arris. Beignets de filets de hareng. Canapes de thon marines. Caviar de Russie aux blenis. Caviar sur canapes a la Diable. Crevettes a la Diable. Ecrevisses d la Diable. Filets de harengs fumes au from age. Laitance de cabillaud fume sur croutons. Laitance de maquereau a la Diable. Failles au parmesan d la Yarmouth. — d V Anchois. Souffles a la Yarmouth. Stuffed anchovies. Fritters of kipper fillets. Tunny fish on toast. Small thin pancakes spread with Russian caviare, and rolled. Devilled caviare on toast. Devilled shrimps. Devilled crayfish. Fillets of kippered herrings with cheese. Smoked cod’s roe on toast. Devilled mackerel’s roe and bones. Cheese straws twisted with strips of bloater fillets. Cheese straws twisted with anchovy fillets. Cheese and bloater paste souffles. Allumettes d’anchois (Anchovy Matches).— Short paste crust, spread with anchovy paste, and cut into thin strips. FISH SAVOURIES 193 AnchoiS frits. — Fried anchovies. Eclairs d’anchois. — Small anchovy pasties. Beignets de Poisson.— Fish fritters. — fumes. — Smoked fish fritters. Bisquits au beurre d’anehois.— Anchovy butter biscuits. Bonnes-bouehes aux huitres.— Oyster tit-bits. Canapes a la creme de laitanees.— Blanch some cod’s roe (fresh), pound in mortar, and add whipped cream and seasoning ; dress on little canapes of fried bread, finger, oval, or oblong shapes ; sprinkle over with lobster coral and krona pepper, heat in sharp oven, and dish up.