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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.
Choux de Bruxelles a la Maitre d'hotel are boiled, and served in Maitre d'hotel sauce. Sautes, they are saute in butter with lemon, etc. A la Frangaise, they are dressed with alternate layers of a white sauce with cream and grated cheese, covered with breadcrumbs and hard- boiled yolk of egg, and garnished with croutons. CABBAGE. Choux farcis — the heart is cut out, and a stuffing of sausage-meat, etc., put between each leaf j it is braieed, and served in the sauce. en surprise — the heart cut out, it is filled with sausage-meat and boiled chestnuts, and stewed* CARDOONS. Boiled cardoons are served an veloute — in white sauce; a VEspagnole — in brown sauce; or augratin — covered with breadcrumbs, sprinkled with melted butter, and browned. If grated cheese is mixed with the breadcrumbs, they are called a Vltalienne. Gardens au jus are stewed, and served in brown sauce with beef marrow. Garnished with 144 MENUS MADE EASY. pieces of toast spread with beef marrow, they they are called a la mo'elle. A puree of cardoons with cream, etc., garnished with croutons, is served as Puree cle cardons aux croutons. CARROTS. Boiled and cut in shapes, carrots are served as— Garottes a la Bechamel, in Bechamel sauce, garnished with croutons ; or a la poulette— glazed, and served in Poulette sauce. a la Flamande are served in a tomato sauce, garnished with pieces of cooked tomatoes on croutons. a la menagere are cut in slices and served in a white sauce with wine, herbs, etc. aux pctits pois — cut in dice and served with peas in a white sauce. au sucre — mashed, and dressed with milk, sugar, eggs, etc., the top sprinkled with sugar. a VIndienne — served in a curry sauce with a border of rice, a la Maiden are stewed, and served in a vol-au- vent with slices of beef marrow, capers, and a rich brown sauce. Young carrots stewed in white sauce are called Petites carottes, or Garottes nouvelles, a la sauce blanche. Stewed and glazed, they are glacees ; or a VAllc* inande, served with Allernande, or brown sauce. CAULIFLOWERS. Chouxfleurs au gratin are masked with a white VEGETABLES, OR LEGUMES, AND SALADS. 145 sauce with grated Parmesan, breadcrumbed and browned. They may also be called an Parmesan. Chouxfleurs sauce au leurre are served with butter sauce ; a la sauce — with white sauce. a la Eeine — served in a rich white sauce with chopped ham. a la Piemontaise — served in a white sauce with grated cheese. Pieces of cauliflower, masked with white sauce, dipped in batter and fried, are called Marinade de chouxfleurs. Souffle de chouxfleurs a la Baronne is composed of pieces of cauliflower in layers with slices of raw tomato, covered with cheese souffle mixture, and baked. CELERY. Celeri aujus is stewed in stock. a la mo'elle is stewed, and served on toast with brown sauce and beef marrow. a la creme — stewed, and served in a white sauce with cream. a I'Espagnole — stewed, and served in Espagnole sauce. a la Chetwynd — stewed with onions, and served on toast with the onions, and Bechamel sauce with cream, etc. a la Genevoise — stewed, covered with white sauce, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and grated cheese, and browned. L 146 MENDS MADE EASY. Celeri a la Villeroi — masked with Allemande sauce, breadcrumbed and fried. Beignets de celeri are fritters of celery fried in