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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.
Petites croustades de ris de veau are little cases of pastry filled with sweetbread cut in dice, and white sauce with chopped truffles or mush- rooms. Petites caisses a la St. Clair are little pastry cases filled with sweetbread in white sauce, garnished with little balls of cucumber. Petites caisses a la Whit stable are filled with sweet- bread and oysters, and are garnished with chopped truffles. Vol-au-vent a la Toulouse is a vol-au-vent filled with a Toulouse garnish, or with a preparation of sweetbread and mushrooms in white sauce. MUTTON. Cotelettes de mouton sauce tomates are grilled, and served with tomato sauce. a, la jardiniere are served with stewed vegetables; a, la Milanaise, with macaroni. a la Soiibise are stewed with stock, etc., and served with the sauce round, and thick Soubise sn.uce in the centre. a la Provenc.ale are covered with an onion sauce, breadcruinbed, with grated Parmesan mixed with the crumbs, and browned; served with fried potatoes. Served with Soubise eauce, they are a la Marseillaise, 64 MENUS MADE EASY. Cotelettes de mouton a. la Vicomtesse are coated with a sauce of ham, mushrooms, yolks of eggs, stock, etc., breadcrumbed and fried ; served with paper frills round the bones. ti la Bohemienne — soaked in marinade, bread- crumbed and broiled ; served with a sauce of some of the marinade with tomato and brown sauce, currant jelly, etc. en robe de chambre — covered with forcemeat of veal, breadcrumbed and browned ; served with gravy. a la financiere — braised, and served with Finan- ciere garnish. braisees aux navets — larded, braised, and dipped in aspic with Poivrade sauce ; served cold with dressed turnips and broken aspic. a la Viennoise — larded and braised ; served in a brown sauce with currant jelly. a la Maintenon are split, stuffed with Duxelles sauce, broiled, and served with a Jardiniere or Financiere garnish. Stuffed with an onion sauce, they are called a la Pompadour. & la Marquise. A. slice of ham laid on each cutlet, and veal forcemeat spread on it in a mound ; sprinkled with breadcrumbs and browned ; served in white sauce with chopped ham. & la Eeforme — breadcrumbed, with chopped ham mixed with the crumbs, fried, and served with Eeforme sauce. They may have a Eeforme garnish in the centre. ENTRIES. 65 Cotelettes de mouton a la Juire — coated with forcemeat, glazed, and served with a Macedoine garnish. a la Durcelle — put into paper cases, and baked in brown sauce with Harvey sauce, chopped onions, mushrooms, etc. panees grillees — breadcrumbed and broiled, and served with clear gravy, a la Bretonne are breadcrumbed and fried, and served with mashed turnips, or with a puree of white haricot beans. a la Palestine are served with Jerusalem arti- chokes cut in little balls, and white sauce. au parmesan have parmesan mixed with the breadcrumbs, and are served with a cheese sauce. a la Dreux are served with mashed potatoes, and are garnished with chopped ham and gherkins, a la Napolitaine are served with Chevreuil sauce, garnished with strips of truffle, tongue and macaroni. a la Cussy are served in a white sauce with chopped ham and mushrooms. aux pointes d'asperges — served with a garnish in the centre of asparagus in white sauce. aiix truffes — served in brown sauce, with truffles cut in slices. aux petites ratines — on a mashed potato border