FoodNet

Gancel's culinary encyclopedia of modern cooking

1920

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Presented as published in 1920. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
The dressing of cold meats constitutes high culinary art. They can be served on a pedestal, garnished with flowers made of wax or vegetables or of golden color jelly, which gives a certain elegance to a dinner. The dressing of cold meats should be precise and made to look very appetizing. There are a great many different Cold Meat (Le Froid) styles of dressing and consequently I will only give a few details here. Small articles can be dressed upon pieces of buttered bread, chopped parsley, coral, chopped eggs or truffles; on sliced hominy fancy shapes; on cornstarch, garnished with jelly cut in dice or croutons. Large pieces of chicken or game are served on an artistic pedestal, — 233 — CANCEL’S CULINARY ENCYCLOPEDIA BEEF— Boeuf Daube, Braised served in tureen. Contre-Filet (Shortloin), Roast or braised, gar. w. salad and jolly. Filet (Tenderloin), Roast or braised, in aspic, gar. w. salad, jelly in Bellevue. Tongue, Tongue in aspic, in lyre shape, or cov. ch. froid sa., dec. Mode, Braised w. vege. in tureen. Roast, Beef, sirloin, tenderloin, gar. w. salad, fancy vege. and jelly around. Larded Tenderloin VEAL — Veau Carre (Rack), Roasted or braised, chop frills gar. w. salad, vege. and jelly around. Cote (Chop), Dec. in Bellevue w. vege. and jelly. Foie (Liver), Braised, mousse, timbale, etc. gar. w. jelly. Longe (Loin), Roasted, braised, boneless, stuf. breast, gar. w. salad and jelly around. Noix (Kernel), Nuts, braised, roasted w. natural stock or gar. w. salad and jelly. Ris de Veau (Sweetbreads), Braised, moulded, salad, chaud-froid, dec. gar. w. jely around. Tendrons (Gristle), Boneless, braised gar. w. vege. and jelly. LAMB AND MUTTON — Agneau et Mouton Carr6 (Rack), Braised, roasted, glazed w. meat glace, gar. w. fancy vege. in bouquet or salad w. jelly around. — 234 — COLD MEAT Cotelette (Chops). Trimmed in Bellevue, taragon, Mazagran, aspic, chaud-froid, gar. w. salad and jelly around. Gigot et Selle (Leg and Saddle), Gar. same Carre or Rack. Tongue (Tongue), In aspic, gar. w. salad or pickled. PORK — Pore Carre (Rack), Braised, roasted, gar. w. salad and jelly. Cotes (Chops), In Bellevue, dec. and jelly. Ham Mandoline Shape Filet or Longe (Loin), Braised, roasted, gar. w. salad and jelly. Jambon (Ham), Glazed, dec. mandoline shape, aspic, mousse, mousseline, parfait, pie, on artistic pedestal w. jelly around. — 235 — GANCEL’S CULINARY ENCYCLOPEDIA CHICKEN, DUCKS, PIGEONS, ETC. Volaille, Canards, Pigeons, Etc. Aspic or Bellevue, In mould surrounded w. jelly, dec. Chaud-froid, Cooked, cov. chaud-froid dec. gar. w. jelly. Galantine, Cov. ch. froid sa, decorated, jelly around. Medaillon, Cooked, breast cut in medaillon shape, stuf, w. foi-gr. cov. ch-froid, dec. acocrding to article. Pate, “Pie” or tureen, fil. w. jelly. Supreme, “Breast” plain, stuf. w. foi-g. or fo-meat mousseline, dec. cov. chaud-froid sa., dec. according to style. GAME— Gibier Same preparation as for chicken, aspic, mousse, pie, supreme, etc., with jelly. Goose Liver Pie (Strasbourg style) w -i ' ■ GOOSE LIVER— Foie-Gras In aspic, mousse, pate de Strasbourg, timbale, tureen, on cerises, parfait, apples on pedestal, dec. gar. w. jelly. — 236 — LIGHTS FISH AND CRUSTACEANS— Poisson et Crustaces All fish or crustaceans, aspic, pie, salad, lobster, sal¬ mon, eel, crawfish, etc., according to style. Decorated Fish LIGHTS (Abatis de Boucherie