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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.
a la Financiere — cut in halves and dressed on a border, with Financiere garnish in the centre. They are also served aux concombres, with stewed pieces of cucumber, and a puree of ENTREES. 103 cucumbers in the centre ; or as a Chaudfroid, masked with game sauce and served with aspic, and salad, or any vegetable garnish. For Compote de caillcs they are cooked in wine and stock with slices of sweetbread, ham, truffles, etc. ; garnished with croutons. They may also be dressed in a vol-au-vent with Toulouse garnish, as Vol-au-vent de cailles. PLOVERS. Plovers can be dressed in any of the ways that are suggested for woodcocks. The fillets of roast birds are served as — Filets de pluviers aux champignons — in, a circle alternately with croutons spread with the trail ; game sauce with mushrooms. LARKS. A salmis of larks is called Mauviettes en salmis. Mauviettes grillees are broiled ; served on slices of fried bread. a la chipolata are cooked with Chipolata garnish. en caisses are boned, stuffed with forcemeat and baked in paper cases. en cdtelettes are boned, spread with forcemeat and served with brown sauce. Turban de mauviettes a la Parisienne. The larks are boned, stuffed with game forcemeat and truffles, and braised ; dressed in a crown, with small quenelles of veal in the centre, and a game sauce. Dressed alternately with large 104 MENUS MADE EASY. quenelles of game forcemeat, they are called aux quenelles. Chaudfroid de mauviettes — boned, stuffed with force- meat, coated with brown sauce and served with aspic. Set in little moulds of aspic, they are called en aspic. Croustade de mauviettes — boned, stuffed, and baked in a croustade of fried bread with Perigueux sauce and mushrooms. Vol-au-vent de mauviettes — boned, stuffed, and served in a vol-au-vent case with white game sauce and mushrooms. ORTOLANS. Ortolans a la Perigourdine are served in truffles, of which the centres have been cut out. en caisses are baked in small paper cases with Perigueux sauce. Blanquette de gibier aux champignons is composed of small pieces of game in a white sauce with mushrooms. Mayonnaise de gibier a V aspic is a mayonnaise of game, garnished with aspic. Quenelles a la Chasseur are quenelles of game, served in a white sauce with mushrooms or truffles. Creme de gibier is a puree of game, steamed in a mould, or in several small moulds. As Petites cremes a la Moderne, they are served in a white sauce with chopped truffles. ENTREES. 105 Boudins a la Chasseur are little moulds of minced game, or game forcemeat, served in a game sauce with mushrooms. P'etites bouchees de gibier are little patties of game. Pelits pates a la puree de gibier are patties filled with puree of game. Kromeskis a la ttusse are made with pieces of any kind of forcemeat or croquette preparation, wrapped in slices of bacon, dipped in batter, and fried. A la Nemours, a coating of a purea of mushrooms is substituted for the slices of bacon. Cassolettes de riz are patties of rice, breadcrumbed and fried; filled with forcemeat or croquette preparation. Timbale a la Milanaise is Milanaise garnish in a shell of paste. Another dish of the same name is composed of a preparation of minced game or chicken, steamed in a mould lined with macaroni.