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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.
batter. They are sometimes served -with tomato sauce. Celery roots are served with butter sauce as Celeri-rave a la sauce au beurre ; stewed and served an jus ; or glazed — a la deini glace. They are also dressed as a Puree de celeri-rave. CHESTNUTS. Though properly a fruit, a puree of chestnuts cooked with stock and wine may be served as a vegetable, and called Puree de marrons. They are also dressed as a souffle. CUCUMBER. Slices of cucumber cooked with cream, butter and flour are called Concombres a la creme. Concombres a la poulctte — cut in pieces, and cooked with butter and sugar ; served in white sauce with cream, chopped parsley, etc. farcies a la creme — the centres scooped out, they are stuffed and stewed; served in Bechamel sauce with cream and sugar. a VEspagnole — cut in short lengths, stuffed, stewed, and served with brown sauce. Served in white sauce with grated cheese, they are a Vltalienne. ft la moelle — the stuffing is made of breadcrumbs, beef marrow, etc. ; they are served with a brown sauce; VEGETABLES, OR LEGUMES, AND SALADS. 147 EGG PLANT. Aubergines farcies are cut in halves, the centres chopped, and put back into the skins with oil, brown sauce, etc. ; sprinkled with breadcrumbs and browned. ENDIVE. Chicoree aujm is stewed in stock. a la creme is chopped, and dressed with cream, white sauce, etc. ; garnished with croutons. Garnished with slices of hard-boiled eggs, it is a la Theodora. If the cream is omitted, it should be called en puree. LEEKS. Poireaux an jus are stewed in stock. a la Mediterranee are braised, stuffed with sausage- meat, breadcrumbed and fried, and served with slices of cooked tomatoes. LENTILS. A puree of lentils with stock, garnished with croutons, is served as Puree de lentilles aux croutons. Boiled and served in ^white sauce, they are en fricassee. LETTUCE. Lettuce is served an jus, stewed ; or as Laitues farcies, the centres cut out, filled with forcemeat and braised. MORELS. Morilles aux croutons are stewed and served on buttered toasti 148 MENUS MADE EASY. Morilles a Vltalienne are served in Italian sauce. a I'Andalouse are cooked with oil, "wine, hani, etc., and served in the sauce. MUSHROOMS. Champignons a la sauce are stewed, and served in white sauce. a la Superlative are laid on pieces of toast spread with Devonshire cream, and the cream piled on the top ; and are cooked in a covered dish. a la Milanaise are seasoned with oil and vinegar, dipped in beaten eggs with grated cheese, and fried. a la Bordelaise are soaked in oil, broiled, and served in the oil with chopped parsley, etc. farcis or au gratin are filled with stuffing, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and baked. They may be served with brown sauce. a la Napolitaine — filled with a stuffing made of the stalks with herbs, breadcrumbs and grated cheese ; baked, and served with gravy. For Crodtes aux champignons they are broiled and served on toast. En fritot, or as Beignets de champignons, they are fried in batter with slices of bacon. Cut in slices, they are dressed en ragotit — with broth, chopped parsley, etc. ; or a la creme — with butter, cream, etc. For Puree de champignons they are chopped, and served with butter, gravy, etc., garnished with croutons. VEGETABLES, OR LEGUMES, AND SALADS. 149