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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.
aspic. Chartreuse de legumes is an ornamental mould of 160 MENUS MADE EASY. mixed vegetables, filled with chopped vegetables stewed in brown sauce. Kan de legumes is a curry of vegetables. It may be served hot or cold. Crepes a la Jardiniere are pancakes made with chopped vegetables. Crepes aux fines herbcs are made with chopped herbs. Puree de legumes a la Eomaine is a puree of mixed vegetables, garnished with little moulds of cheese custard breadcrumbed and fried. CHAPTEE VIII, EGGS AND OMELETTES. THESE are specially useful for luncheon, and for dinner when maigre dishes are required. Some of them are suitable for savouries. At luncheon they are usually served first, as at a foreign dejeuner, but they are sometimes introduced as second- course dishes. This does not, of course, apply to the sweet omelettes. Poached eggs, or (Eufs pockes, may be served au jus, with brown gravy, garnished with fillets of anchovy placed crosswise on each egg ; or au jainbon, on oval slices of fried ham, with Poivrade sauce. So-called " buttered " eggs — cooked with butter, etc. — are served as (Eufs brouilles. CEufs brouilles aux pointes d'aspergcs, aux cham- pignons, aux truffes, or au jainbon, are dressed in the same way, with the addition of asparagus cut up, chopped mushrooms, truffles, or ham. brouilles a I'Indienne are cooked with butter, chopped onion, curry powder, etc. M 162 MENUS MADE EASY. CEufs au beurre noir — fried, and served in black- butter sauce. « la Suissc are baked in a dish lined with slices of cheese, covered with cream and sprinkled with grated cheese. au kari, or a VIndienne, are poached in a sauce of milk, butter, onions, curry powder, etc. an miroir are baked with butter, etc., in the dish in which they are served. aux pistaches — mixed with cream, pounded pis- tachio nuts, etc., and baked. a la bonne femme — baked with chopped onions and vinegar. au soleil — poached, dipped in batter and fried. These are sometimes called cnfritot. a la matelote — poached, and served on croutons, garnished with strips of anchovies and gher- kins, with fine herbs sauce. a la Portugaise — poached, and served on croutons, covered with half tomatoes filled with savoury stuffing. ala neige — spoonfuls of whipped whites poached in milk, etc. ; served in the milk with yolks of eggs. en caisse — cooked in little souffle cases half filled with breadcrumbs. au bouillon — steamed with stock in little moulds ; served with gravy. a la Provenpale — cooked in small moulds with brown sauce, chopped onions, etc., and served with brown sauce. a la Florentine are lightly boiled, shelled, and EGGS AND OMELETTES. 163 served on a pure"e of fowl, garnished with fried pastry straws. CEufs a la Bechamel are hard-boiled, cut in halves, and served in Bechamel sauce. <i la Norfolk—^ hard-boiled, cut in halves, bread- crumbed and fried ; served with Piquante sauce. auvdoute — hard-boiled, cut in slices and served in white sauce. ii la Tripe — slices of eggs with slices of onions and Bechamel sauce with garlic, etc. au gratin — slices in layers with white sauce, grated Parmesan, etc. ; sprinkled with bread- crumbs and grated Parmesan, and baked. a I'aurore — shred hard-boiled whites of eggs in Aurora sauce, in layers with grated Parmesan and the yolks of the eggs powdered.