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Menus made easy, or, How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names

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.
Perdreaux a VAnglaise — stuffed with the livers and butter, and roasted. A stuffing of shallots, breadcrumbs, etc., is inserted under each joint, and they are served in a sauce of stock and wine. truffles a la Perigord — stuffed with truffle stuffing and roasted; served in a white sauce with truffles. a la Mecklenlourg — stuffed with chopped French plums, game forcemeat, etc. ; braised in stock and wine, and served in the sauce with tomato sauce and currant jelly. a la Sarbarie — stuffed with truffle stuffing, and larded ornamentally with truffles ; braised, and served with Financiere sauce. a la Pompadour — stuffed with foie gras and truffles, larded, braised, and served with truffle sauce. 11 la Cussy — boned, with the exception of the leg bones, and stuffed with a forcemeat made of sweetbread, truffles, mushrooms and cocks' combs ; braised, and served with truffle sauce. (i la Victoria — the breast bones removed, stuffed with game forcemeat, larded and braised; served with brown sauce, wine, etc. Pate de perdreaux au chasseur is a pie of partridges with veal and bacon, mushrooms, and game sauce. GROUSE. Grouse are dressed like pheasants a la Piemon- 134 MEN.US MADE EASY, taise. A la Kinnaird, they are stuffed, roasted, and served with Financiere garnish, Pate de grouse a I'Ecossaise is a pie of grouse with beef steak, etc. Grouse en timbale is a grouse pie baked in a French raised pie mould. BLACK GAME. As Coqs noirs, or Coqs de bruyere, a la royale, blackcocks are larded, braised, and served with a white sauce and little rissoles of game. A la Rob Roy, they are stuffed, roasted with sprigs of heather and whiskey, and served with melted-butter sauce. Grouse are also dressed in this way. SNIPES. Snipes cut in halves, baked on layers of bacon, writh butter, are served cold as Becassines en terrine a VIrlandaise. Boudin de becassines a VEpicurienne is a pudding oi snipes, with mushrooms, truffles, etc., and wine, in suet crust. Quails, Plovers, and Larks, may be dressed in hot pies, and served as Pates cJiauds de cailles, pluvicrs, or mauvicttes ; or in cold pies, as Pates froids. Any small birds may be used for these pies. Pate de mauviettes a la Melton Mowbray is a lark pie with veal and bacon, mushrooms, truffles, etc. Pate de mauviettes a la Moderne is a raised pie of boned larks stuffed with beef forcemeat. REMOVES OR RELEVE's, 135 Larks or other small birds are dressed as Boudin a la Chipolata, with Chipolata garnish in suet crust. Pate froid de gibier is a cold pie made of the meat of several kinds of game. Pate a la Yorkshire is composed of goose, hare, grouse, and snipes, with spices, sausage-meat, and slices of ham. 136 MENUS MADE EASY. CHAPTER VI. BOASTS, OB BOTS. BLACK Diver — Macreuse, Dressed an chocolat, they are served covered with chocolate. Black game — Coqs noirs, or Coqs de bmyere. A la Stockholm, they are larded on one side, and barded with vine leaves on the other side. Bustard — Outarde canepetiere. A la Russe, they have a slice cut in the breast and a stuffing inserted, and are served with brown sauce. Capon — Chapon. Served with watercress, it is called au cresson. Chicken — Poulet. A la Forrester, it is covered with watercress leaves, mustard and cress, etc. Barde, it is barded — roasted with a slice of bacon over the breast, and served with the bacon on it.