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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.
Eggs (Fari^is). — Remove the shells care- ftilly from six hard-boiled egg-s, and prepare a forcemeat with the following ingredients : — ■ Pound together two ounces of ham, one ounce of anchovies, the same of veal and fat bacon, salt, cayenne, and mace to taste, with a tea- spoonful of minced sweet herbs,_ and one of parsleyEggs (Fari^is). Cover the eggs with this forcemeat, roU them in beaten egg, and sprinkle bread- crumbs lightly over all. Fry them of a pale brown or golden colour, or the eggs may be put into the oven. Serve with gravy in the dish. Time : ten minutes to boil the eggs ; five to seven minutes to fry ; a quarter of an hour to bake. Sufficient for three or four persons. Eggs (en Suisse). — Beat up six eggs, yolks and whites, add to them two or three young onions and some parsley skred very fine ; season with salt and pepper. Mix the above with equal quantities of melted butter and grated cheeseEggs (en Suisse), about two ounces of each, and fry slightly, finishing the upper side with a salamander or red-hot shovel. Time, six to eight miautes to fry. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for two or tlu-ee persons. Eggs, Forced. — Make a forcemeat with the yolks of eight eggs boiled till hard, a quarter of a pound of butter, some finely- chopped herbs, salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and a tea-cupful of bread-crumbs soaked in milkEggs, Forced. Beat all together and fill the whites from which the yolks have been removed ; then close them in their natural form and lay them into a well- buttered pie-dish, throw the remaining force- meat over them, and set the dish in a Dutch oven before a clear, brisk fii-e, for a quarter of an hour. Probable cost. Is. 3d. Sufficient for three or four persons. Eggs, Fricasseed. — Dissolve two ounces of butter in a stewpan, and stu- into it a little flour. Boil eight eggs hard, cut them, after taking off the shell, into quarters, add them to the butter ia the stc^\•pan, throw over them a good quantity of shi-ed parsley, a little nutmeg and salt, and shake the pan roimd tiU the ingredients are well absorbed by the egg ; then throw in a small cupful of creamEggs, Fricasseed, shake the pan again, but do not break the eggs. When the sauce is thick- and fine, put the eggs on a dish, and serve with the sauce thrown over, and a garnish of lemon round the dish. Time : ten minutes to boil eggs ; ten minutes to prepare the fricassee. Probable cost. Is. 3d. Eggs, Fricasseed (another way). — Boil eight eggs fifteen miautes, take off the shells and cut the white parts of them in two length- wise. Preserve the yolks whole, and put them in the middle of a dish, cut the whites into fine strips, or any other shape Hked, and lay them round ; pour white sauce over, or a mixture of mustard and melted butterEggs, Fricasseed (another way), and serve hot. Probable cost, Isi. Sufficient for four persons. Eggs, Fricasseed, White.— Boil six eggs hard, and slice them, each egg into half a dozen slices. Make a sauce as follows : — Chop some parsley, a piece of shallot, and a^ few mushrooms, all very finely ; put these iato a Eggs, Fricasseed, White