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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.
d'orangcs is orange cream. d'ama?idcs is almond cream. It is sometimes called Creme a la Romaine. de matrons is chestnut cream. aux fleurs d'oranger is made of fresh orange flowers boiled in cream. de gingembre is made with ginger, and pieces of preserved ginger. de riz, de tapioca, a, Vorge, are rice, tapioca and barley creams. de pain bis is brown-bread cream. de groseilles vertes is gooseberry fool* Khubarb, strawberries and raspberries are dressed in this way ; a la Suisse, they are served with sponge cakes. ENTREMETS. 193 Creme de velours is made of cream, sugar, wine, etc. a la gcUe — a mould of whipped jelly and cream. merge — small moulds of cream with pounded almonds, etc. a la ChantiUy is made of whites of eggs and cream, with sugar, etc. a la Celestine — a mould lined with strawberries and filled with any kind of cream, a I'ltalienne is made with cream, sugar, eggs, curacao, dried cherries, candied peel, etc. a la Flamande is made of cream, eggs, sugar, arrowroot, madeira, etc. a la Hollandaise is made of yolks of eggs and wine, with whipped cream, etc. a la Bavaroise — a mould of whipped cream, with flavouring, etc. Served with stewed fruit or a syrup of fruit, it is called Bavarois aux fruits, a la Suisse is vanilla cream over sponge cakes. a V Antoinette — a custard with preserved ginger and cherries, set in a mould lined in divisions with chopped pistachios and white cream, and grated cocoanut and chocolate cream; served with a macedoine of fruit, a la Venus — a mould of custard flavoured with rum, decorated with preserved ginger ; served with a ginger custard. a la Marguerite is a chocolate custard covered with meringue; served with a sweet sauce. It is usually dressed in little moulds as Petite* cremes. o 194 MENUS MADE EASY. Bavaroise aux pommes is a custard made of a puree of apples, with eggs and cream. aux poires is made in the same way with pears. aux pistaches — pounded pistachio nuts and almonds, etc., with custard, coloured green ; sprinkled with chopped pistachio nuts. an cafe is coffee custard. a la Mont-Ida is a raspberry custard. glacee is iced Bavarian cream. a la Ceylon is a chocolate custard set in a mould lined with a mottled pink and white cream, flavoured with lemon and liqueur. Blancmanger aumarasquinis blancmange flavoured with maraschino : a la vanille, it is flavoured with vanilla; aux amandes, with pounded almonds. Set in a mould lined with jelly, and decorated with dried fruits, it is Bavaroise a la Princesse. Creme fouette'e de /raises, or Mousse aux /raises, is whipped strawberries and cream. aux framboises — whipped raspberries and cream. Creme frite au chocolat, etc., is chocolate or other cream, cut in pieces, breadcrumbed and fried. Meringues a, la creme are meringues filled with whipped cream. aux /raises are filled with whipped strawberries and cream. a la Chantilly are filled with Chantilly cream ; au chocolat, with chocolate cream. aux amandes are almond meringues — made with ENTREMETS. 193 chopped or shred almonds ; a la noix de coco — cocoanut meringues. Meringues aux champignons are made in the shape of mushrooms, the brown insides imitated with chocolate. Petites meringues aux pistaches are small meringues sprinkled with chopped pistachio nuts, and