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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Salmon (a la Genevoise — L'de's recipe). — "Take a few shallots, some roots of parsley, a bunch of ditto seasoned with spices, thyme, baj^-leaves, and a few carrots. Let the whole be lightly fried in a little butter, then moisten with white wine (madeira in preference) . Let it boil for three-quarters of an hour. When this (called the marinade) is done, drain it through a tamis over the fish, which stew in this seasoning. As soon as the fish is suf- ficiently stewed, drain it, pick it well of all the scales, and return it into the vessel wherein it was boiled with some of the liquor to keep it hot. Now reduce some of the marinade with a little strong gravy or stock, skim all the fat off, and then throw in a good piece of butter kneaded in flour and a little essence of an- chovies, all which run over the salmon after having drained it. Some will have lemon-juice to it, which is a matter of taste." Salmon (a la Genevoise — another way). — Take a good slice of salmon, and put it in a fish- kettle with shallotSalmon a la Genevoise (another way), chopped parsley, mushrooms, salt, and spice to taste, and an equal quantity of broth and red wine. Boil the fish, and when done enough take it out ; have ready in a sauce- pan a piece of butter rolled in two spoonfuls of flour, thinned with some of the liquor of the fish, let this sauce boil, then pour it over the salmon, and serve. Salmon (a I'lndienne). — Prepare the cut- lets as for Salmon a la Milanaise. Dip them into clarified butter, and sprinkle over them a savoury mi.\ture, made with a table-spoonful of baked flour, a tea-spoonful of curry powder, and a pinch of salt. Fry in plenty of hot fat till the flesh will leave the bone easily, then drain the cutlets on blotting-paper, and serve on a hot dish, with sauce prepared as follows Ijoured over and around them : — Mince four shallots very finely, sprinkle a tea-spoonful of powdered sugar over them, and simmer till tender with a table-spoonful of good vinegar. Pour over them a quarter of a pint of stock, let the sauce boil, add a tea-spoonful of curry paste, a table-spoonful of pickle vinegar, and three table-spoonfuls of mixed Indian pickles cut into dice. Simmer for a few minutes, and serve. Time to broil the cutlets, fifteen to twenty minutes, according to thickness. Pro- bable cost, salmon, when plentiful. Is. to Is. 4d. per pound. Salmon ( a la Maitre d'Hotel). — Slice a moderate-sized onion into a dish. Put with it five or six small sprigs of parsley and a little pepper and salt, and pour over these a little good salad oil. Lay side by side in the marinade three slices of salmon one and a half inches thick. Let them remain for half an hour, and turn them over once during that time. Drain them, and broil over a gentle fire. Dish them neatly, garnish with plainly-boiled potatoes and green parsley, and send a little maitre d'hotel sauce to table with them. This sauce may be made as follows: — Work an ounce of flour smoothly with two ounces of fresh butter, and add a quarter of a pint of milk, and a little pepper, salt, and grated nut- meg. Stir the sauce over the fire till it is hot and smooth ; add a table-spoonful of chopped l^arslcy and the strained juice of half a lemon. A\Tien the sauce is on the point of boiling, pour it into the tureen, stir in it until dissolved a small piece of fresh butter, and serve. Time to broil the salmon, about half an hour.Salmon a la Milanaise