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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.
white sauce, cream and mushrooms. With alternate pieces of ham, they are called a Vecarlate. They are also served a la Musulmane — larded and braised ; dressed in a crown with curry sauce, and rice in the centre. Turban de lapereau a la Douariere is composed of small fillets larded and braised; served with ENTRIES. 95 quenelles of forcemeat of rabbit in the centre, and brown sauce with wine, etc. Lapereau en salade. Fillets of roast rabbits soaked in oil and vinegar; served cold on a salad, garnished with hard-boiled egg, beetroot, etc. Escalopes de lapereau au fumet. Fillets cut in oval slices, and arranged with a little slice of truffle on each piece; covered with a white sauce made of rabbit, and baked. Aux pointes d'asperges, the slices are served in a white sauce with asparagus. For Fricassee de lapereau the rabbit is cut up and cooked in a white sauce with mushrooms, etc. Supreme de lapereau a VIndienne is a white curry of rabbit. It may be served cold as a Cliaud- froid. Boudin de lapin is a poached roll of rabbit force- meat ; served with mushrooms or truffles, in brown sauce. It is also cut in pieces and dressed on a border. a la Bichelieu. A roll of forcemeat of fowl, truffles, etc., thickly covered with forcemeat of rabbit, breadcrumbed and broiled; served with Perigueux sauce. Cotelettes de lapereau a la Maintenon are cutlet shapes of minced rabbit, breadcrumbed and fried, and served in a brown sauce with wine. a la Duchesse Marie are cutlet moulds of rabbit cream, coated alternately with chopped ham and chopped truffles ; served with white sauce and a vegetable garnish. 96 MENUS MADE EASY. Petits cannelons de lapereau are little rolled pastry cases filled with minced rabbit. Chartreuse a la Mikado is a preparation of minced rabbit, steamed in a mould lined with force- meat and decorated with rings of different coloured vegetables. Timbales de semoule au chasseur are small moulds of semolina, breadcrumbed and fried, filled with forcemeat of rabbit and puree of mush- rooms. Many of the ways in which chickens are dressed are also suitable for rabbits. PHEASANT. A roast Pheasant, cut up, is served with Salmis sauce and mushrooms or truffles, as Salmis de faisan. Aux pruneaux — it is garnished with stewed prunes. Faisan au veloute de gibier is served in a white game sauce ; a la puree de gibier in a puree of game sauce, a la Bohemienne is served in a rich brown sauce with chopped ham and mushrooms, a la bonne femme is cooked with square pieces of ham, slices of Portugal onions, etc. Fillets of pheasants are served as — Filets de faisans piques aux legumes — larded and braised ; dressed in a crown alternately with stewed pieces of cucumber of the same size ; Jardiniere garnish in the centre. a la Comte de Brabant — larded and braised; ENTREES. 97 arranged alternately with slices of bacon round a pyramid of Brussels sprouts. Fumet of game sauce. Filets de faisans a la Marquise — half of them larded and braised, and half breadcrumbed and fried ; arranged alternately, with cocks' combs in the centre, and white game sauce, a la Maintenon — very small fillets coated with a white sauce with chopped mushrooms, etc. ; broiled in papers, and served with gravy. Chaudfroid de filets de faisans is a cold entree of small fillets of roast pheasants coated with a game