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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.
Chartreuse de /raises is a mould lined with straw- berries and filled with crushed strawberries and cream. This is also made with rasp- berries and other fruit. Gateau de /raises a la St. Georges — mashed straw* berries with yolks and whipped whites of eggs, 190 MENUS MADE EASY. baked in a mould lined with paste. It is covered with maraschino icing and decorated with strawberries and whipped cream. Meringue a la Mont -Ida — crushed raspberries covered with cream and then with meringue. Groseilles vertes a la Saint-Honore are stewed green gooseberries in a shape of pastry, covered with cream, with a border of balls of choux paste. Cherries or any other fruit may be dressed in this way. Pain de mures sauvagcs a la Metropole is a mould of blackberries decorated with almonds and dried fruits. This is also made with black currants as Pain de cassis, or de censes, with cherries. Salade aux oranges — slices of oranges with wine and raisins, garnished with angelica, etc. Mousse aux oranges is orange sponge — the juice whipped to a sponge with whites of eggs, etc. Charlotte aux oranges is an orange Charlotte. Bananes au rhum — stewed bananas served with a rum sauce. Pain d' ananas a la Royale is a mould of pineapple puree set in jelly and garnished with whipped cream. 1 Compote a la Sarde is composed of green figs covered with milk which has been boiled to a custard, and baked. Marrons a la creme are powdered chestnuts covered with whipped cream. Gateau de marrons is a steamed mould of pounded chestnuts with cream, eggs, etc. Balls of ENTREMETS. 191 this preparation, breadcrumbed and fried, are served as Croquettes de marrons. Chestnuts are also served en compote — stewed in syrup. Chataignes croquantes are small crystallized pieces of pounded chestnuts with sugar, eggs, etc. Gateau de figues is a mould of dried figs. Dates and prunes are dressed in the same way. Macedoine de fruits is composed of mixed fruits in syrup. Au citron, it is flavoured with lemon. En gelee, it is set in a mould of jelly. Gateau de fruits is a mould of any kind of fruit ; a la crime, it is served with cream or custard ; a la Metropole, it is decorated with cherries or other dried fruits ; a la Royale, it is set in a mould lined with jelly, and is served with cream. Timlale de fruits a la Pansienne is composed of mixed fruits in a mould of jelly flavoured with liqueur ; served with a fruit macedoine. Chartreuse de fruits is an ornamental mould of fruit. C routes aux fruits are fried slices of bread spread with various preserved fruits, and served with a fruit syrup. Petits nougats a la crime are small shapes of nougat filled with cream ; a la Chantilly, with Chantilly cream. Croquantes are small pieces of nougat. CREAMS. Cr£me au chocolat is chocolate cream. These 192 MENUS MADE EASY. creams, served in little cups, are called Petits pots de creme au cliocolat, etc. Creme au cafe is coffee cream. de the is tea cream. de the verl is green tea cream. a la vanille is vanilla cream. au ponche, au noyau, au marasquin, are respec- tively flavoured with punch, noyau and mara- chinos. aux abricots is apricot cream. de /raises is strawberry cream. deframboises is raspberry cream. a V ananas is pineapple cream. aux mille fruits is made with preserved straw- berries, raspberries, apricots, plums and other fruits.