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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.
they are done. Drain, and throw them into a siiucepan with slightly-salted boiling water. Keep them covered, and let them boil till tender. Drain them by placing them in a bowl and pressing a plate upon them to squeeze out the moisture. Mash well, and carefully remove any stringj^ portions there may be among them. If necessary, pass them through a colander. Mix with them a little pepperTurnips, Large, Stuffed and salt, a slice of butter, and a table-spoonful or two of cream or milk. Stir the pulp over the iire luitil it is hot and quite dry. Serve very hot. Time to boil, three-quarters of an hour to an lioiu- and a half. Probable cost, 5d. to 7d. per bunch. Sufficient, one bunch for five or six persons. Turnips, Puree of. — Pare and wash haK a dozen large sound turnips, and split them into halves, or even into quarters. Boil them till they are very tender, and press the water thoroughly from them. Pass them thi-ough a hair sieve, and put them back into the sauce- pan. Dredge a small quantity of floirr over them, and add a little white pepper and salt, a slice of butter, half a tea-spoonful of white sugar, and a quarter of a pint of cream or milkTurnips, Puree of. Stir them over the fire until they are quite dry and stiff. Serve the puree in the centre of a dish, and arrange cutlets, &c., neatly round it. Some cooks add a little grated nutmeg or a little powdered ginger to turnip pui'ee. Time to simmer with the cream, about ten minutes ; to boil, from three-quarters of an horn- to an hour and a half, according to age and size. Probable cost, 6d. per bunch. Sufficient for five or six persons. Turnips, Stewed (a la Fran^aise). — Peel and wash half a dozen turnips, and boil them in salted water till tender. Take them up, drain them, and in the water in which they have been boiled sinuner gently a cupful of bread-crumbs for five or six minutes. Wash the turnij^s, and put them into another saucepan with the boiled bread and a little butter and pepper. Stir over a gentle fire tiU they are quite hot, and mix with them the yolk of an egg beaten up with two table-spoonfuls of milkTurnips, Stewed (a la Fran^aise). Let them stew gently a minute or two longer, and serve very hot. Turnips prejiared thus are very good as an accompaniment to boiled mutton, veal, or poidtry. Time, three-quarters of an hour to an hour and a half to boil the turnips. Probable cost, 5d. to 7d. per bunch. Sufficient for five or six persons. Turnips Stewed in Gravy.— Pare and wash the turnips, and cut them into small square pieces, or turn them to the shape of balls or pears. Put them into a saucepan, pour over them as much boiling gra\'y as will cover them, and add a little salt and pepper and a small lump of sugar. Let them simmer gently until they are tender. Put them in a hot dish, pour the gravy over them, and serve very hot. Time to stew, three-quarters of an hour or more, according to age. Probable cost, 6d. per bunch. Turnips, White Puree of.— If you want to make a verj' white puree, you must mince the turnips, blanch them in boiling water, and di-ain and sweat them over a verj' slow fire in a little butter to prevent their I getting brown. When they are done enough, 1 add two or three spoonfuls of bechamel, strain ' them like a puree through a tamis, reduce, and serve surrounded with fried toasts of bread. If they are for entremets, the pm-ee must be Turnips Stewed in Gravy