Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a
saucepan, add one sliced onion, cook
until the onion is soft and yellow, add a
clove of garlic mashed, add to this the
anchovies and a half pint of stock ; sim-
mer gently for fifteen minutes, and press
through a sieve. Add a tablespoonful
of capers, two or three leaves of mint
that have been bruised, and the mutton
chopped fine. Heat over boiling water
for fifteen minutes, and serve on squares
of toasted bread. This may be served
plain or the top of each piece may be
capped with a carefully poached egg.
Pilau
Cut into bits any pieces of cold cooked
mutton ; put them into a saucepan, cover
with water, add a grated onion, a bay
leaf and two or three cardamom seeds.
Sprinkle over a half cup of rice that has
been carefully washed ; cover the kettle
and simmer slowly until the rice is tender.
Dish the mutton, putting the rice over
the top, cover the whole with a nicely
made tomato sauce, and send at once to
the table.
a8 LEFT OVERS
Mutton Salad
Any pieces of cold-roasted or boiled
mutton may be cut into dice and used
for an ordinary mutton salad. At serv*
ing time arrange this neatly on lettuce
leaves, or any accessible green ; season
with salt and pepper, and cover with
mayonnaise dressing to which has been
added a tablespoonful of capers.
Where celery, lettuce or other fresh
greens cannot be procured, canned
asparagus may be mixed with the mut-
ton or may be served with it as a garnish ;
giving an exceedingly agreeable accom-
paniment Where asparagus cannot be
obtained, a can of peas may be drained,
washed, drained again, and added to the
mutton✪ Mutton Salad before it is mixed with the mayon-
naise dressing, or the mutton may be
mixed with mayonnaise and filled into
tomatoes that have been peeled and
the centres scooped out. Stand each on
a little nest of lettuce leaves or on a
bunch of cress, and garnish the top with
capers.
CHICKEN— UNCOOKED 29
anCKEN-UNCOOKED
In purchasing a chicken for timbale,
select a large one, but not an old fowl.
After the chicken has been drawn, remove
the white meat, which is used uncooked
for timbales. The dark meat may be
cooked at once and utilized for boudins,
croquettes, salad, cecils, creamed hash,
or served on toast with sauce Bordelaise,
or used in chafing dish next day. Or if
you prefer to use it raw, devil the legs
and use the bones for soup.
Tiitibale
Chop fine the uncooked white meat
of a chicken ; this should weigh a half
pound. Then rub it with the back of a
wooden spoon against the side of a bowl
until perfectly smooth* Put one cup of
white bread crumbs and a half cup of
milk over the fire; stir until boiling;
when cold, rub this thoroughly with the
meat, and press it through an ordinary
flour sieve. Stir into it carefully the well-
beaten whites of five eggs, add a tea-
spoonful of salt, a dash of white pepper ;
fill into greased timbale cups, stand in a
baking pan of boiling water, cover with
oiled paper, and bake in a moderate oven
30 LEFT OyERS
fifteen to twenty minutes. The bottoms
of the cups may be garnished with
chopped truffle, chopped mushrooms,
chopped parsley, or nicely cooked green
peas. Serve with the timbales either a
plain cream sauce or a cream mushroom
sauce. Peas are the usual accompaniment
Or the timbale molds may be lined
with this mixture, and the centres filled
with creamed mushrooms ; put enough
of the timbale mixture over the top to
hold in the stuffing ; they will then be
cooked and served in the usual manner.
Deviled Chicken Les^s ✪ Timbale
Left overs
1898Page 7 · 3 recipe records on this page
Presented as published in 1898. 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
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a saucepan, add one sliced onion, cook until the onion is soft and yellow, add a clove of garlic mashed, add to this the anchovies and a half pint of stock ; simmer gently for fifteen minutes, and press through a sieve. Add a tablespoonful of capers, two or three leaves of mint that have been bruised, and the mutton chopped fine. Heat over boiling water for fifteen minutes, and serve on squares of toasted bread. This may be served plain or the top of each piece may be capped with a carefully poached egg.
Pilau
Cut into bits any pieces of cold cooked mutton ; put them into a saucepan, cover with water, add a grated onion, a bay leaf and two or three cardamom seeds. Sprinkle over a half cup of rice that has been carefully washed ; cover the kettle and simmer slowly until the rice is tender. Dish the mutton, putting the rice over the top, cover the whole with a nicely made tomato sauce, and send at once to the table.
Mutton Salad
Any pieces of cold-roasted or boiled mutton may be cut into dice and used for an ordinary mutton salad. At serv* ing time arrange this neatly on lettuce leaves, or any accessible green ; season with salt and pepper, and cover with mayonnaise dressing to which has been added a tablespoonful of capers.
Where celery, lettuce or other fresh greens cannot be procured, canned asparagus may be mixed with the mutton or may be served with it as a garnish ; giving an exceedingly agreeable accompaniment Where asparagus cannot be obtained, a can of peas may be drained, washed, drained again, and added to the mutton before it is mixed with the mayonnaise dressing, or the mutton may be mixed with mayonnaise and filled into tomatoes that have been peeled and the centres scooped out. Stand each on a little nest of lettuce leaves or on a bunch of cress, and garnish the top with capers.
CHICKEN— UNCOOKED 29
CHICKEN—UNCOOKED
In purchasing a chicken for timbale, select a large one, but not an old fowl. After the chicken has been drawn, remove the white meat, which is used uncooked for timbales. The dark meat may be cooked at once and utilized for boudins, croquettes, salad, cecils, creamed hash, or served on toast with sauce Bordelaise, or used in chafing dish next day. Or if you prefer to use it raw, devil the legs and use the bones for soup.
Tiitibale
Chop fine the uncooked white meat of a chicken ; this should weigh a half pound. Then rub it with the back of a wooden spoon against the side of a bowl until perfectly smooth* Put one cup of white bread crumbs and a half cup of milk over the fire; stir until boiling; when cold, rub this thoroughly with the meat, and press it through an ordinary flour sieve. Stir into it carefully the wellbeaten whites of five eggs, add a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white pepper ; fill into greased timbale cups, stand in a baking pan of boiling water, cover with oiled paper, and bake in a moderate oven
fifteen to twenty minutes. The bottoms of the cups may be garnished with chopped truffle, chopped mushrooms, chopped parsley, or nicely cooked green peas. Serve with the timbales either a plain cream sauce or a cream mushroom sauce. Peas are the usual accompaniment Or the timbale molds may be lined with this mixture, and the centres filled with creamed mushrooms ; put enough of the timbale mixture over the top to hold in the stuffing ; they will then be cooked and served in the usual manner.
Deviled Chicken Les^s
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