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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.
dipped in batter and fried, and served with tomato sauce ; or a la Robert, served in Robert sauce. a la poulette are served with Poulette sauce in a baked shape of rice. LAMB. Lamb Cutlets are dressed in most of the ways which have been suggested for mutton cutlets. There are also — Cotelettes d'agneau Superlative — coated with Alle- mande sauce with chopped mushrooms and herbs, breadcrumbed and fried; served with white sauce, and dressed spinach in the centre. Served with asparagus in the centre, they are called a la Princesse; for the cold entree of this name the cutlets are saute, and served in Mayonnaise sauce. a la Duchesse — coated with Duxelles sauce, bread- crumbed and fried; dressed on a high vege- table border, with vegetables in the centre, and white sauce. a la boulangere — dipped in oil and then in flour; broiled, and served with a cream sauce. a la Robert — breadcrumbed, broiled and glazed ; served with Robert sauce. a VAngelique — broiled, and served in a rich brown sauce, garnished with cucumber. 72 MENUS MADE EASY. Cotelettes d'agneau a la Maltaise — fried, and served in a white sauce with wine and orange juice and shreds of orange peel. aux petits legumes — breadcrumbed and fried; served with carrots and turnips cut in long shapes in the centre, and brown sauce. au Parmesan — dipped in a white sauce with grated Parmesan, breadcrumbed and fried. a la Pompadour — coated with veal forcemeat with truffles, and served in papers. farcies aux truffes — larded, coated with a puree of truffles, breadcrumbed and fried; served with brown sauce. A puree of artichokes, asparagus, mushrooms, or turnips, may be used instead of truffles, and the name altered accordingly. en belle vue — larded with tongue, ham, or truffles, and braised ; set in aspic and cut out. Served cold, with Mayonnaise sauce or Jardiniere garnish. a V aspic. Cutlets from a larded and roasted neck of lamb, coated with Proven^ale sauce, and served cold with aspic. a la Chatelaine — coated with a white sauce with Soubise sauce, and served cold with a compote of prunes or cherries, garnished with aspic. E2ngrammes d'agneau a Vancienne are cutlets cut from a boned breast of lamb, half of them saute, and half breadcrumbed and fried; served with small round slices of lamb in the centre with mushrooms and white sauce. ENTREES. 73 Epigrammes d'agneau a la Dauphine are coated with white sauce before being breadcrumbed, and are served with a puree of green peas. They are also served aux concombres, with dressed cucumber, or with any other vegetable garnish. Tcndrons d'agneau auxpointes d'asperges is a braised breast of larnb cut up and arranged in a crown alternately with fried slices of bread, with dressed asparagus in the centre. Noisettes d'agneau a la Beatrice are little slices from the neck or loin, dressed with slices of cucumber on croutes of fried bread. Served with brown sauce, and a garnish of potato balls, and artichoke bottoms filled with peas. Filets d'agneau en belle vue are fillets of lamb masked with Mayonnaise sauce, and served on an aspic border with a vegetable Mayonnaise in the centre. Fricassee d'agneau a la Villeroi is a white fricassee of lamb, covered with breadcrumbs and grated cheese; a la Milanaise, it is dressed with macaroni. Roulades d'agneau are thin slices of lamb, rolled, breadcrumbed and fried, and served on little skewers.