The Hotel St. Francis cook book

Cannelons a la creme. Roll out half a pound of puff paste, that was made with six turns, to about one-eighth inch thick. Cut in strips eight inches long and one inch wide. Wash with egg, and roll on buttered sticks about one inch in diameter. Place on pan and bake in moderate oven. Remove the sticks while hot. When cold fill with sweetened whipped cream. Cornets a la creme. Same as for cannelons, but roll the strips around cornucopia shaped sticks, or tins. Consomme, profiteroles. Make a cupful of cream puff paste, add two spoonfuls of grated cheese, put in pastry bag with round tube, and dress on pan. Make very small, about the size of a pea. Put in oven and bake. Serve separate with hot consomme. Sand dabs, Grenobloise. Remove the skins from four sand dabs, dry with a towel, season with salt and pepper, roll in flour, and fry in pan with butter. Remove to a platter. Put two ounces of butter in the pan, cook until the color of hazelnuts, and pour over the fish. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, and lay two slices of lemon on top of each fish. Broiled chicken, Tyrolienne. Cut a spring chicken in four, lay in a deep porcelain dish, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add one shallot or small onion, chopped fine, a little chopped parsley and tarragon, two cloves, and half a cup of olive oil. Let it stand for one hour. Then take out the chicken and roll in freshly made bread crumbs, and broil slowly for fifteen minutes. Place on a platter and garnish with two lemons cut in half, and parsley in branches. Serve remoulade sauce separate. MAY 29 Gooseberries with cream Assorted hors d'oeuvres Boiled eggs Clam broth in cups Toast Melba Fried smelts, sauce Tartar English breakfast tea Asparagus Polonaise Cornet a la creme Coffee Potage Albert Sardines on toast Boiled Lake Tahoe trout, pepper sauce Hollandaise potatoes Shad roe, Bordelaise Peas and carrots in cream Lettuce and grapefruit salad Jelly roll Demi tasse Potage, Albert. Two-thirds puree of potato soup and one-third very thick Consomme Julienne. Boiled lake trout, pepper sauce. Put two trout in a fish kettle filled with water. Season with salt, add a sliced onion, one carrot, a bouquet garni, and a spoonful of whole black peppers tied in a cheese cloth. Boil until done. Put the fish on a napkin, and garnish with small round boiled potatoes, parsley in branches, and quartered lemons. Serve pepper sauce separate. Pepper sauce. Crush with a bottle on a hardwood table or marble one spoonful of whole black peppers. Put the crushed peppers in a casserole with a glass of white wine. Boil until nearly dry, add a pint of cream sauce, boil a minute, and strain through a cheese cloth. Season with salt. Shad roe, Bordelaise. Place four shad roe in a buttered pan, season with salt and pepper, put a few pieces of butter on top, put in oven and cook for five minutes, basting all the time. Then sprinkle with three very finely chopped shallots, a little chopped parsley, chervil and chives, and the juice of one lemon. Bake in oven, and serve on platter with its own sauce.