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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.
sauce, and garnished with hard-boiled eggs. Gcdantine defaisan aux truffes is a pheasant boned, and stuffed with game forcemeat with truffles, etc. ; braised, and served cold with aspic. Boudins de faisan a la Richelieu are oval-shaped pieces of forcemeat of pheasant, breadcrumted and fried ; served with Eichelieu sauce. Quenelles of forcemeat of pheasant, dressed in a crown with game sauce and mushrooms or truffles, are called Quenelles defaisan en turban. PARTRIDGES. Perdreaux en ragout, or en gibelotte, are cut in joints, stewed and served in a rich game sauce. Roast partridges, cut up, are served as Salmis de chasseur in a sauce of oil, wine, lemon, etc. As Salmis chaudfroid de perdreaux, the joints arc masked with Salmis sauce and aspic jelly ; served cold with a garnish of aspic. H 98 MENUS MADE EASY. Filets de perdreaux aux petits legumes are fillets of roast birds, dressed in a crown, with young onions, carrots and turnips cut in shapes, and game sauce. For a Chaudfroid de filets de perdreaux, the fillets are dressed with alternate slices of tomato; garnished with aspic, and a puree of game in the centre. Cutelettes de perdreaux a la Bacchante are fillets with a piece of bone stuck in each, bread- crumbed and fried; served in a white game sauce with raisins, juice of grapes, etc. They are also served a la Douariere, with quenelles of partridge in the centre, and game sauce. Epigram/me de perdreaux aux champignons is com- posed of fillets, half of them saute, and half larded and braised; served with game sauce and mushrooms. For Epigramme de perdreaux a la Perigord, the fillets are dressed alternately with quenelles of par- tridge; served with chopped truffles in a game sauce. Escalopes (thin round or oval slices) cut from the fillets, are served as Perdreaux en escalopes, or Saute de perdreaux, in a white game sauce with mushrooms, etc. If truffles are substituted for the mushrooms, the dish may be called Saute de per- dreaux aux truffes. Chartreuse de perdreaux is an ornamental mould of vegetables, filled with larded and braised partridges, pieces of sausage, dice of bacon, etc. Pain de perdreaux is a puree of partridge steamed in a mould ; served with brown game sauce. ENTRIES. 99 Pctits pains de perdreaux a la Dauphine are little moulds of a puree of partridge with truffles ; served in a brown sauce with wine, mush- rooms and asparagus points. Fritot de perdreaux a la creme are fritters of a puree or cream of partridge fried in batter. Perdreaux en souffle, or Omelette soufflee de perdreaux, is made of a puree of roast partridges with eggs, etc., and is baked in a souffle dish or in small paper cases. GROUSE. Eoast grouse, cut up, are dressed as — Grouse a la Ailsa — covered with a game sauce, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and browned, a la Commodore — the joints coated with force- meat of grouse, and dressed in a pyramid with a rich game sauce. For Salmis de grouse aux truffes they are served in a rich salmis sauce with slices of truffles ; a la St. Hubert, with cherries. Salade aux grouses — the joints masked with salmis sauce and aspic ; dressed on a salad with Mayonnaise sauce, garnished with hard-boiled eggs, etc. The fillets are served as Filets de grouse a la Chanccliere, dressed in a crown, with small quenelles of veal in the centre, and game sauce. Black-game and Ptarmigan are dressed like grouse.