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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.
•with a rich Espagnole sauce. au jus de groseilles — with Poivrade sauce and red currant jelly. Eouelles de cerf a la St. Hubert are slices of fillet of venison, larded, and cooked in brown sauce with wine, slices of gherkins, etc. ; served with a compote of French plums. Cotelettes de chevreuil sautees are cutlets of roe- buck cooked in butter, with wine, stock, mush- rooms, etc., and served in the sauce. sautees sauce Poivrade are saute, and served in Poivrade sauce with pickled mushrooms. a la Bohemienne are soaked in marinade, bread- crumbed and broiled ; served in brown sauce with some of the marinade, currant jelly, etc. Civet de chevreuil is jugged roebuck. Slices from any joint are served in Piqtiante sauce with currant jelly, etc., as E 'mince de chevreuil. For Salmis de chevreuil a la Sultane, the meat is soaked in marinade, stewed, and served in a brown sauce with port wine and pickled sultanas. HARE. Lievre, or levraut, saute is cut in pieces, saute, and served in a sauce of broth and wine with mushrooms, etc. Civet de lievre is jugged hare; a la St. Hubert, it is served with a compote of cherries, and a rich sauce with wine and chopped truffles. Filets de lievre, or levraut, are fillets of hare fried ENTREES. 93 aiid dressed in a circle with a brown sauce. They are also piques — larded and braised, and served with Poivrade sauce. Served with tomato sauce, they are piques sauce tomates. A la Bourguignotte, they are cut in halves, larded and braised ; dressed in a crown with a brown sauce, bacon cut in dice, young onions, etc. Cotelcttes de lievre a la Daupliine are slices cut from the fillets with a small piece of bone stuck in each, breadcrumbed and fried ; served with Piquante sauce and chopped olives. Arranged alternately with little cutlet shapes of rich hare stuffing, and served with a game sauce, garnished with mushrooms and button onions, they are called a la Chef. For Turban de lievre a la Peronne, the fillets are dressed in the same way, and arranged in a circle alternately with quenelles of forcemeat of hare ; white sauce with vinegar and pickled onions. Jjjudins de lih-re. Kolls of forcemeat of hare, breadcrumbed and browned. Aux cerises, they are garnished with stewed cherries, j RABBITS. Cut in joints, Babbits are served as — Lapereau, or Lapin, saute aux fines herbes — saute, and served in fine-herbs sauce. saute aux truffes — with brown sauce and slices 94 MENUS MADE EASY. of truffles; or aux olives, substituting olives for the truffles. Lapereau, or Lapin, a la Venitienne — larded, braised in oil and wine with veal and garlic, and served with the sauce. a la Suisse — fried in batter. en kari, or a la Madras — curried and served with rice. en gibelotte — stewed with onions, bacon, wine, etc. ; served in the sauce with mushrooms. en papillate — boned, coated with a stuffing of bacon, mushrooms, etc., and broiled in papers. The backbone with the fillets, cut in sections, larded, and braised, is served as Grenadins de lapin or lapereau, with brown sauce and spinach. Cotelettes de lapereau a la Soubise are made with the legs, cut in two, boned, spread with forcemeat and served with Soubise sauce. Filets de lapereaux aux concombres are fillets of roast rabbits in a white sauce with slices of cucumber. a la Valenciennes are dressed in a crown with