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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.
etc., floured and fried. de poires — pear fritters. de /raises a la Dauphine — strawberry fritters. de groseilles a la Dauphine — currant fritters. d 'ananas — pineapple fritters. d'oranges — orange fritters. de fleurs de sureau — fritters of sprigs of elder flowers. a la creme are custard fritters. aux confitures — small sandwiches of cake and jam, dipped in batter with wine, and fried. au riz — round or oval pieces of a paste of ground rice with milk, eggs, etc., breadcrumbed and fried, ENTREMETS. 185 Beignets a la bonne femme — small fried balls of a paste of butter, sugar, eggs, etc. a la Chant-illy are made of a batter of flour, eggs, cream cheese, wine, etc. de Cintra — thin round slices of cake soaked in cream, etc., floured and fried, a VAllemande — small round sandwiches of brioche paste and preserve, fried. a la Prussienne are the same made of puff paste, with apple marmalade. it VEspagnole — small pieces of crumb of French roll soaked in cream, etc., and fried. a la Portugaise — balls of a paste of rice, milk, sugar, eggs, etc., with marmalade in the centre ; breadcrumbed and fried. en surprise — apples with the stalks left on, soaked in brandy, etc., filled with apricot jam, dipped in batter and fried. a la Saint-Denys — cherries stuck on strips of angelica, dipped in batter and fried. Beignets souffle's a la ranille are small fried balls of light " choux " paste flavoured with vanilla ; aux fleurs d'oranger, they are flavoured with orange -flower water. aux confitures are served with preserve; a la creme — with cream; auchocolat — with chocolate sauce. Crepes are pancakes. aux confitures are spread with preserve and rolled. ait riz are made of rice with sugar, cream, eggs, etc. 186 MENUS MADE EASY. Crepes a la Fran$aise are folded over preserve. They are sometimes baked, and served in a pile, with layers of jam between them. a la Bengale are rice pancakes folded over pre- serve. COMPOTES, ETC., OF FRUIT. Abricots an liz are stewed apricots with rice. Served round a shape of rice cream, with apricot syrup, they are called a la Conde. Pears, peaches, apples, plums, etc., are dressed in the same way. a VAmericaine — halves of stewed apricots on croutes of fried bread, glazed with sugar; served with custard. Compote d'abricots — apricots boiled in syrup. It is also made of green apricots. Compote d'abricots a la Breteuil — half apricots sprinkled with sugar and broiled ; served with apricot and raspberry syrup. A la cfeme, it is served with cream or custard. Pain d'abricots is a mould of apricot puree ; it is served with cream in the centre. Meringue d'abricots — apricot marmalade with cus- tard over it, and meringue mixture on the top. Croutes aux abricots are fried slices of bread spread with preserved apricots, and served with a syrup of apricots. Ffcches en surprise are stewed peaches served in little cases, covered with cream. Chartreuse de peches is a mould ornamentally lined ENTREMETS. 187 with pieces of peaches, and filled with peach marmalade. Compote de pcches — peaches boiled in syrup. They are also dressed in the same way as apricots. Compotes, can be made of any fruit, but soft ripe fruit requires no cooking, if boiling syrup is poured over it. Prunes an riz are stewed plums or prunes with rice. Gateau, or Pain, de Mirabelles is a mould of Mira-