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Louis' every woman's cook book

1910

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Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Put one-half a tumbler of currant jelly with one-half a pint of port wine into a saucepan, let it boil, stirring occasionally until the jelly is melted. Then add a pint of brown sauce, a pinch of Cayenne pepper, and the juice of a lemon. Reduce to the thickness wanted, and strain through a fine sieve. This sauce is served with venison, moose, or similar game. PIQUANTE SAUCE A medium-sized onion and three sour pickles should be chopped fine. Put them in a saucepan with a wineglassful of vinegar, and boil until the liquid is nearly reduced. Then add a pint of brown sauce, boil for a few minutes, and add a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, one of tarra- gon leaves, an ounce of butter, the juice of one-half a lemon and a tablespoonful of finely chopped capersSauce, if desired. PERIGUEUX SAUCE ^3 Chop three truffles (not too fine) . Put them in a saucepan with a gill of Madeira wine, and let it boil for about ten minutes, so that the liquid is nearly reduced; add a 53 LOUIS' EVERY WOMAN'S COOK BOOK When Served. Guests. Remarks. r LOUIS' EVERY WOMAN'S COOK BOOK pint of brown sauce, some of the juice which comes with the truffles, a tablespoonful of meat extract, and half a cup of gravy or brown stock. Boil for ten minutes more, skim off the fat, season to taste, and serve sepa- rately or over the meat. TOMATO SAUCE ^ Put into a saucepan an onion, a carrot, four ounces of lean ham cut in small pieces, a few whole peppercorns, one bay leaf, two cloves, and a few sprigs of parsley. Fry colourless. Moisten with a quart of veal stock, add five pounds of tomatoes cut in pieces, and boil together for an hour. Mix three ounces of corn-starch with a cup of water, and stir into the sauce; let it boil for twenty minutes more. Season with salt, pepper, and a tablespoonful of sugarTomato Sauce, and then rub it through a fine sieve. If a rich tomato sauce is required, reduce it to the thickness wanted. A little tomato ketchup added to the sauce will improve it. ROBERT SAUCE ^3 Chop a medium-sized onion and four shallot onions fine, fry slightly in butter, and then moisten with a glass of Sauterne wine and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. When partly boiled down, add half a pint of Espagnole Sauce and one-half a cup of consomme, or brown stock. Boil for ten minutes and add one heaping teaspoonful of French mustard, one ounce of butter, a pinch of Cayenne pepper, and the juice of one-half a lemonRobert Sauce. Stir well so the mustard will mix into it. ALLEMANDE SAUCE <?5S Put one quart of Veloute Sauce and a pint of chicken stock into a saucepan and boil for about twenty minutes, stirring frequently while reducing. Mix the yolks of three eggs with one-half a cup of cream and stir into the boiling sauce. Remove from the fire, add two ounces of butter, the juice of a lemonAllemande Sauce, and strain through a fine sieve. 54 rr LOUIS' EVERY WOMAN'S COOK BOOK When Served. Guests. Remarks. LOUIS' EVERY WOMAN'S COOK BOOK VELOUTE SAUCE <&