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Menus made easy, or, How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names

1894

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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
a la Eegence. A small fish covered with force- meat, to which chopped trufHes are added ; served in Perigueux sauce. en matelote — served in Matelote sauce. en kari a la Durand is curried and served with rice. Tranche, or Darne, de saumon grillee is a grilled slice of salmon. Filets de saumon a VIndienne are fried fillets/served with curry sauce. a la Marechale — fillets saute, and served in 30 MENUS MADE EASY. Aurora sauce, garnished with shrimps or oysters. Filets de saumon a la Tartare are fried fillets, served with Tartare sauce; a la Eavigote, with Eavigote sauce. a la Maintenon — fillets broiled in paper cases. a la Suede — fillets baked in paper cases with tomato sauce, and garnished with cucumber, beetroot and tarragon. a la Eichelieu — fillets served on a border of salmon forcemeat, masked with a puree of tomatoes, and garnished with crayfish and truffles. Mazarine de saumon is a steamed mould of salmon forcemeat. It may be garnished with prawns, or served with Cardinal sauce. As Pain de saumon a la Russe, it is served cold with horse- radish sauce. Mayonnaise de saumon. Pieces of cold salmon, with lettuce or other salad, and Mayonnaise sauce. Cotelettes de saumon en Mayonnaise are cutlet moulds of salmon forcemeat, served cold with salad and Mayonnaise sauce. Chaudfroid de saumon a la Tartare is cold salmon served in Tartare sauce. a V Alexandra. Little slices of salmon on croutes of fried bread or light pastry, dressed on a salad border with a whipped Mayonnaise cream in the centre. FISH OR POISSONS. 31 SHAD. Alose a la Maitre d'hotel is baked, and served with Maitre d'hotel sauce. It is also dressed in fillets, saute. SKATE. Raie a la Maitre d'hotel is boiled and served with Maitre d'hotel sauce; au beurre noir, with black butter sauce. a la Orly — fried and served with tomato sauce. a la Hollandaise — served with Hollandaise sauce. a la Genoise — served in a brown sauce with anchovy and chopped parsley. a la noisette — served in butter sauce with the pounded liver of the skate, and Tarragon vinegar. aux fines herbes — cooked with milk, butter, flour, lemon, herbs, etc., and served with fine-herbs sauce. Skate is obtained crimped and filleted. It is never served whole. SMELTS. Eperlans a la Juive are breadcrumbed, fried, and served without sauce. Served with anchovy sauce in a sauce-boat, they are called a VAn- glaise ; or with tomato sauce, a la Orly. en ragout — stewed in white stock with herbs and wine. au gratin — baked with melted butter and dried herbs, covered with breadcrumbs. 32 MENUS MADE EASY. Buisson d'eperlans — breadcrumbed and fried with their tails in their mouths. Melted butter should be served with them. SOLES. Soles frites a VAnglaise are breadcrumbed and fried. au gratin — covered with brown sauce and bread- crumbs, and baked. a la Normande — stewed and served in a rich brown sauce with oysters. a la Portugaise are dressed in the same way as plaice. a la creme d'anchois — boiled and served in a white sauce, with anchovy and whipped cream. a Vaurore — stuffed and baked ; served in a white sauce, with grated Parmesan and hard-boiled egg- a la Cardinal — stuffed, baked, and served in Cardinal sauce. a la Colbert — stuffed with Maitre d'hotel butter,