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Harper's cook book encyclopædia

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.
Cheese with Macaroni. — Drop %lb. of macaroni in some boiling milk and water, and let it simmer gently until it is quite tender but firm. Put 4 ozs. of grated cheese in a cupful of boiled cream or new milk, and place the mixture in a saucepan with a blade of mace, three or four grains of cay- enne, a piece of butter, and a little saltCheese with Macaroni. The cheese must be quite free from rind, and should be stirred con- stantly until it is quite melted; and we would recommend a mixture of cheeses, as Parmesan, if used by itself, soon gets lumpy. When it is dissolved, add the boiled macaroni to it, first putting it in a sieve for two or three minutes to drain. Let it simmer for a few minutes longer, then put it into a dish, strew over it some finely grated bread - crumbs, and brown in a hot oven, or with a salamander. Good white sauce may be substituted for the cream. Time, one hour and a half to boil the maca- roni. See also recipes under Macaroni. Cheese Omelet. — Prepare the eggs as for a plain omelet. Mix with them 2 ozs. of finely grated Parmesan cheese, a small pinch of salt, and two pinches of pepper. Fry the omelet in the usual way. An ounce of Gruyere cheeseCheese Omelet, grated, sprinkled in just before folding the omelet, is an improvement. Fold and serve im- mediately. Time, four or five min- utes to fry. Any other cheese can be used in making this omelet. Cheese Paste. — This is made by pounding cheese in a mortar with a little butter, and adding wine, vine- gar, pepper, and mustardCheese Paste according to taste, until it is of the consistency of stiff paste. It *is then used as a relish with bread-and-butter or bis- cuits for luncheon, supper, etc. Cream- cheese may be made into a paste by mixing it with a little flour and butter and two or three eggs beaten with a little good cream. Time to prepare, about half an hour. Cheese Pastry, Ramequins of. — Take some good puff paste. Any that is left after making pies, tarts, etc., will answer the purpose. Roll it out lightly, and sprinkle over it nicely flavored grated cheeseCheese Pastry, Ramequins of. Fold the paste in three, and sprinkle every fold with the cheese. Cut little shapes out with an ordinary pastry cutter, brush them over with the beat- en yolk of egg, and bake in a quick oven. Serve them as hot as possible. Time to bake, ten minutes. Cheese Patties. — Line the tins with good puff paste, and half fill them with a mixture made thus : Put Y\ lb. of cheese, cut iilto small pieces, in a mortar with a pinch of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepper, half a teaspoonful of raw mustard, and a piece of butter the size of an egg. Pound it smoothly, and add, by degrees, the well- beaten yolks of three eggs, and a table-spoonful of sherryCheese Patties. Mix these ingredients thor- oughly, and just before the patties are to be baked add the white of an egg beaten to a solid froth. Bake in a quick oven. Time, about a quarter of an hour.