Season it with half a tea-spoonful of salt, half
a tea-spoonful of pepper, the finely-grated rind
of a quarter of a lemon, and two or three gi-ates
of nutmeg. Mix it with the white of an egg,
well whisked. Lay it upon pieces of toast cut
into squares. Cover with the yolk of the egg,
weU beaten, and strew bread-crumbs over.
Melt one ounce of butte✪ Kidney Soupr in a dish, put in the
toasts, and place them in a hot oven to bake.
Serve as hot as possible. Time, a quarter of an
hour to bake the toasts. Probable cost, 8d.
Sufficient for three or four persons.
Kidneys (a la Tartare).— Broil five or six
kidneys. Put them on a hot dish, and serve the
following sauce with them, which should be
prepared before the kidneys are put on to
broil: — Beat the yolk of an egg for two or
three minutes. Add verj' gradually, in drops
at first, six tea-spoonfuls of oil, and then one
of tarragon \'inegar. Beat the mixture well
between every addition, or the oil will float at
the top. Repeat until the sauce is of the con-
sistence of thick cream. Four table-spoonfuls
of oil, and one of vinegar, will be about the
quantity required. Add a pinch of salt, a small
pinch of cayenne pepper, a table-spoonful of
unmixed French mustard, five or six gherkins,
three shallots, finely minced, a tea-spoonful
each of chopped chervil, tarragon, and bumet,
and half a tea-spoonful of Chili vinegar. Put
a tea-spoonful of this sauce in the hollow of
each kidney, and send the rest to table in a
tureen. Time, six minutes to bi'oil the kidney;
about three-quarters of an hour to prepare the
sauce. Sufficient for foui" or five persons.
Probable cost, 3d. each.
Kidneys, Minced. — Chop an ox kidney
into pieces the size of a pea, season them rather
highly with salt and cayenne, and fry them in
two ounces of hot butter for a quarter of an
hour, mo^angthem about frequently in the pan,
that they may be equally cooked. Moisten the
mince with one table-spoonful of good brown
gi-a\-y, and three table-spoonfuls of champagne,
and serve in a hot dish. If preferred, a larger
proportion of gi'a'symaybe used, and mushroom
ketchup may be substituted for the wine. Pro-
bable cost, exclusive of the wine. Is. 4d. Suffi-
cient for three or four persons.
Kitchen Mixed Spice, for Wliite
Sauce. — -Take the grated rind of haK a lemon,
half a nutmeg, grated, an ounce of white
pepper, and a tea-spoonful of powdered mace.
Mix thoroughly. If not quite fine, pound all
together in a mortar, and keep in a closely-
stoppered bottle until wanted for use. Probable
cost, 4d. for this quantity. When using kit-
chen mixed spice, put half a tea-spoonfiil into a
pint of sauce, and taste if more is requii-ed.
Kitchen Utensils (we Utensils, &c.).
Kitchener's Salad Mixture. — Boil
a couple of eggs for twelve minutes, and
put them in a basin of cold water for a few
minutes ; the yolks must be quite cold and
hard, or they will not incorporate with the in-
gredients. Pub them through a sieve with a
wooden spoon, and mix them with a table-
spoonfiil of water, or fine double cream, then
add two table-spoonfuis of oil, or melted butter ;
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✪ Klosse, Seasoned
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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.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Season it with half a tea-spoonful of salt, half a tea-spoonful of pepper, the finely-grated rind of a quarter of a lemon, and two or three grates of nutmeg. Mix it with the white of an egg, well whisked. Lay it upon pieces of toast cut into squares. Cover with the yolk of the egg, weU beaten, and strew bread-crumbs over. Melt one ounce of butter in a dish, put in the toasts, and place them in a hot oven to bake. Serve as hot as possible. Time, a quarter of an hour to bake the toasts. Probable cost, 8d. Sufficient for three or four persons.
Kidneys (a la Tartare).— Broil five or six kidneys. Put them on a hot dish, and serve the following sauce with them, which should be prepared before the kidneys are put on to broil: — Beat the yolk of an egg for two or three minutes. Add very gradually, in drops at first, six tea-spoonfuls of oil, and then one of tarragon vinegar. Beat the mixture well between every addition, or the oil will float at the top. Repeat until the sauce is of the consistence of thick cream. Four table-spoonfuls of oil, and one of vinegar, will be about the quantity required. Add a pinch of salt, a small pinch of cayenne pepper, a table-spoonful of unmixed French mustard, five or six gherkins, three shallots, finely minced, a tea-spoonful each of chopped chervil, tarragon, and bumet, and half a tea-spoonful of Chili vinegar. Put a tea-spoonful of this sauce in the hollow of each kidney, and send the rest to table in a tureen. Time, six minutes to broil the kidney; about three-quarters of an hour to prepare the sauce. Sufficient for four or five persons. Probable cost, 3d. each.
Kidneys, Minced. — Chop an ox kidney into pieces the size of a pea, season them rather highly with salt and cayenne, and fry them in two ounces of hot butter for a quarter of an hour, moving them about frequently in the pan, that they may be equally cooked. Moisten the mince with one table-spoonful of good brown gravy, and three table-spoonfuls of champagne, and serve in a hot dish. If preferred, a larger proportion of gravy may be used, and mushroom ketchup may be substituted for the wine. Probable cost, exclusive of the wine. Is. 4d. Sufficient for three or four persons.
Kitchen Mixed Spice, for White Sauce. — -Take the grated rind of half a lemon, half a nutmeg, grated, an ounce of white pepper, and a tea-spoonful of powdered mace. Mix thoroughly. If not quite fine, pound all together in a mortar, and keep in a closelystoppered bottle until wanted for use. Probable cost, 4d. for this quantity. When using kitchen mixed spice, put half a tea-spoonful into a pint of sauce, and taste if more is requii-ed.
Kitchen Utensils (see Utensils, &c.).
Kitchener's Salad Mixture. — Boil a couple of eggs for twelve minutes, and put them in a basin of cold water for a few minutes ; the yolks must be quite cold and hard, or they will not incorporate with the ingredients. Rub them through a sieve with a wooden spoon, and mix them with a tablespoonful of water, or fine double cream, then add two table-spoonfuis of oil, or melted butter ;
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