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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 llndienne ; a I 'Orient, it is garnished with olives and gherkins. 50 MENUS MADE EAST. Rissoles a VIndienne are curried rissoles. Rissoles a la Suisse are flat cakes of mince, served with gravy. Boulettes a la Franchise are little balls of minced beef with breadcrumbs, etc., served with gravy and fried potatoes. Chaudfroid a la Paysanne is a mould of aspic, decorated with vegetables, and filled with a puree of meat. Moelle de boeuf a la Orly. Beef marrow cut in long pieces, dipped in batter and fried ; served with tomato sauce in a sauce-boat. Quenelles a la moelle are quenelles of beef marrow with breadcrumbs, eggs, etc. Petites bo?nbes a la moelle are made of the same preparation, steamed in little bombe moulds. Bouchees a la moelle are small patties filled with marrow and a savoury sauce of cream, shallot, chives, etc. Petites croustades a la moelle are made of the same preparation put into little cases of fried bread, breadcrumbs strewed on the top, and browned. Friantines de moelle a la St. Marc are slices of marrow laid on slices of tomato, covered with forcemeat, and fried in batter. Vol-au-vent d'amourettes a la creme is a vol-au-vent of beef tendons with Bechamel sauce and mushrooms. Palais de boeuf a la Robert. Ox palates cut in round or oval pieces, and served with Robert sauce. This dish may be served with other ENTREES. 61 sauces instead of Eobert, changing the name accordingly. Palais de bosuf a la Lyonnaise, or a la Marseillaise, are served in soubise sauce. a la Eavigote. Oval pieces, dipped in -white sauce with shallot, parsley, etc., breadcrumbed and fried ; served with Eavigote sauce. a la Vivahdiere are dressed in the same way, but served in a brown sauce with onions, butter, port wine, etc. en papillotes. Oval pieces in white sauce with parsley and mushrooms, broiled in papers, and served with Italian sauce. For Croquettes de palais de baeuf, the palates are cut in pieces and rolled, with forcemeat in the centre of each, dipped in batter, and fried. They are also dressed in a vol-au-vent, or, if preferred, in several small ones, as Petits vol-au- vents de palais de boeiif. Ox-cheek, braised or stewed, and cut in small pieces, is served as — Tete de boeuf a la St. Germain — with green peas ; a la Portugaise — with Spanish onions. a la Czarina is served in a sharp brown sauce with currant jelly, sultanas, and gherkins. Ox-tongue is served as — Langue de boeuf an Parmesan. Slices cooked with stock, wine, and grated Parmesan. en papillotes. Slices wrapped in papers with slices of bacon and broiled, a la Napolitaine. Slices covered with cheese 52 MENUS MADE EASY. sauce and breadcrumbs, and served with macaroni and tomatoes. Turban de langue de bceuf a I'Ecarlate. Oval slices cut from two tongues, one pickled red, the other fresh; dressed in a crown alternately, with tomato sauce. a la Macedoine is dressed in the same manner, and served with a white Macedoine garnish in the centre, and white sauce. Bouchees a Vecarlate are little patties of tongue. Ox-tails are dressed as — Queue de bceuf en haricot, or en ragout, cut in joints, stewed, and served in the sauce with onions, carrots and turnips cut in shapes. aux navets au brun — stewed, and served with turnips cut into small balls, and brown sauce. a la jardiniere — served with brown sauce, and