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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.
belle plum marmalade. As Meringu-e de prunes, plums are dressed in the same way as apricots. Pain de prunes a la creme is a mould of stewed prunes, currant jelly, etc. ; served with whipped cream in the centre. Pain de prunes de damas is a mould of damson cheese or marmalade. Groutes aux reine-Claudes, brugnons, etc., are little patties of fried bread filled with compote of greengages, nectarines, or other fruit, and the syrup poured round. Pommes au beurre, or a la Parisienne, are apples filled with butter and sugar, and baked. Covered with apricot marmalade they are a la Portugaise. Filled with an almond paste they are a. la Comtesse. au riz en timbale — a shell of paste filled with rice, and stewed apples in the centre ; covered with apricot marmalade. au riz meringue are stewed, and served in a border of rice with custard over them, and the whole covered with meringue mixture. 188 MENUS MADE EASY. Dressed in this way without the rioe they are Pommcs moinguees. Pommes a la Julile are stewed whole, filled with strawberry jam and covered with whipped cream. a la Frangipane — slices of apples with jam, covered with custard; baked in a dish lined with paste. a, la Polonaise are dressed in an open tart, covered with orange marmalade and crushed macaroons. Miroton de pommes — stewed apples with melted currant 'jelly and wine; garnished with dried cherries. Gateau, or Pain, de pommes a la creme is a mould of apple marmalade, served with a custard sauce ; aux abricots, it is covered with apricot marmalade ; a la Eusse, it has whipped cream in the centre, and melted currant jelly round. Croquettes de pommes are pieces of apple marmalade, breadcrumbed and fried. Meringue de pommes a la Portugaise — a round shell of paste filled with apple marmalade, with half apples on the top, and a well of custard in the centre ; spread with orange marmalade, and covered with meringue mixture. Chartreuse de pommes is a mould ornamentally lined with slices of apples, coloured pink and yellow, and filled with apple marmalade. Charlotte de pommes is Apple Charlotte. If apricot jam is mixed with the apple marmalade it is palled Charlotte de pommes aux dbricots. ENTREMETS. 189 Pears are dressed as Charlotte de poires, and in many of the ways given for apples. Poires a VAllemandc are stewed pears. a la Victoria are stewed, and served on a border of sponge cake custard coloured red. en surprise are halves of stewed pears imitating cutlets, with a strip of angelica for a bone, on a jelly border, with chopped fruit and cream in the centre like a vegetable mayonnaise. Timbale de poires is stewed pears in a shell of paste, covered with apricot marmalade. Compote de poires an riz is stewed pears served with a border of rice. Compote a la Normande is a mould of pears stewed in cider. Slices of fried bread spread with this compote are called Croiites a la Normande. They are dressed in a circle, with a syrup of the jam with wine in the centre. Croiites de poires a la Parisienne is a border of stewed pears on croutons, with a macedoine of fruit in the centre. Fraises a la Cliantillij are strawberries with whipped cream. Croiites aux /raises a la Bcllerifc — strawberries spread on buttered buns.