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Luncheons

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
]Make a chicken stock as for chicken consomme, page 46. L"se a knuckle of veal and as many quarts of water as you have pounds of meat. Remove the breast of the fowl when it is tender. Clarify the stock, and if it has not made a .jelly firm enough to stand add a little gelatine, — a tablespoonful of granulated gelatine to a quart of stock will perhaps be more than enough, for the jelly must not be too hard, and the jellied stock may need but verj^ little extra stiffness to make it hold its shape when molded. Ornament the bottom of a ring-mold with slices of the white of hard-boiled egg cut into diamond-shaped pieces. Lay the pieces, with thin strips of egg between them, in a manner to imitate a wreath of leaves. A long pin will be useful in arranging the pieces of egg. Put the mold in a bowl of cracked ice, and with a spoon add a very little liquid jelly, taking care not to use enough to float the pieces of egg. AVhen it has set sufficiently to hold the decoration in place add enough more jelly to make a laj'er a quarter of an inch thick. AYhen the layer has stiffened, put in a layer of chicken breast cut into inch lengths, so the jelly will not be torn apart when being served, but place the pieces close to- gether so they appear like large pieces. Add more jelly, let- ting it rise a quarter of an inch above the chicken ; when that has stiffened, add another layer of chicken and fill the mold with jelly. Let the mold be level and have a smooth layer of gelatine on top, so when unmolded it will stand firm and even. Fill the center of the ring with celery mayonnaise, or a macedoine vegetable salad. 126 LUNCHEONS ASPIC OF PAT^ DE FOIE GRAS Make a chicken aspic as directed above. When a mold is used which has projections on top, as in illustration, the jelly must he made a little tinner than for a plain mold. Pour into the mold a layer of jelly, let it stiffen, and then add a layer of pate de foie gras and a little jelly to set it. Then fill the mold with jelly. Care must be taken in unmolding this form, for if held a moment too long in hot water the points will fall off or lose shape. CHICKEN MOUSSE Put through a chopper cooked chicken, using the white or the dark meat, or both. Grind it a second time, if neces- sary, to make it very fine. If a meat-chopper is not at hand, chop it by hand, pound it to free the meat from the fiber, and rub it through a puree sieve. Heat a cupful of chicken stock, pour it over the beaten yolks of three eggs, add a teaspoonful each of salt and celery salt, a dash of pepper and of paprika. Return it to the fire and stir until it has thickened like a boiled custard ; add two tablespoonfuls of granulated gelatine which has soaked for an hour in a quarter cupful of cold chicken stock. When the gelatine has dissolved, remove it from the fire and add one and one half cupfuls of the fine chicken meat. When the mixture begins to thicken stir it perfectly smooth and fold in a half pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth. Turn it into a brick mold. The cream must not be added until the mixture begins to set, or the ingredients will settle into layers. Serve with lettuce or celery salad. Nil. 107. CIIICKF.X .iSPIC. "^ N(l. 108. .\SI'IC CIF r.VrE 1)E FdlE GRAS. NO. 109. SLICED COLD MEATS. GAME — SALADS — COLD SERVICE — CHEESE 127 LIVER LOAF OR COLD TIMBALE Line a pint brick mold with thin slices of larding pork. Pour in liver timbale mixture given on page 78. Pill the mold to within a quarter of an inch of the top. Cover it with slices of pork. Set it in a pan of water and cook in a slow oven for one hour, or until firm to the touch. Serve cold in slices with salad. COLD SLICED MEATS Chicken Mousse