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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.
as Petites fondues. Ramequins are made of milk, flour, eggs, grated Parmesan, etc., baked in paper cases. a la Raymond are made with Gruyere cheese, and are baked in small lumps. a la Sefton, or aufeuilletage, are small shapes of puff paste with grated Gruyere and Parmesan cheese, a la Genevoise — grated cheese with cream, baked on slices of bread. Salade au fromage is composed of beetroot and 202 MENUS MADE EASY. celery with a cheese Mayonnaise sauce, gar- nished with small salad and hard-boiled egg- Kluskis aufromage a la creme are little poached rolls of a paste of cream cheese, butter, eggs, bread- crumbs, etc. ; served with black-butter sauce. Quenelles de Parmesan are cheese quenelles, served with a cheese sauce. Fritot, or Bcignets, defromage are cheese fritters. Crepes defromage are very small cheese pancakes. Eonds au Parmesan are fried rings of a cheese batter. Aigrettes au Parmesan are made of a light cheese paste, fried in spoonfuls. Canapes aufromage — dissolved Parmesan on round slices of fried bread. Croutes au fromage — grated cheese with butter, breadcrumbs, yolks of eggs, etc., spread on pieces of toast and browned. Brioches aufromage are small cakes of brioche paste with grated Parmesan and dice of Gruyere. Petits choux aufromage are fried balls of " choux " paste with cheese. Eclairs au Parmesan are made of the same paste baked in finger shaped pieces, and are filled with savoury cream. They are sometimes called Eclairs a la Palmerston. Filled with anchovy cream, they are Eclairs aux anchois. Creme defromage is a cheese cream or custard. It is usually served as Petites cremes. Petiies mousses defromage are a rich frothy cheese SAVOURY ENTREMETS. 203 cream set in little moulds or served in cases. They are sometimes iced. Pctits pains de fromage are little cakes of flour, butter and grated cheese. Petits pates, or Bouchees, de fromage are very small patties of puff pastry with cheese, filled with small dice of cheese in cheese sauce. These are often called Croustades a la Milanaise. a la Napolitaine, little bits of macaroni are substituted for the dice of cheese. Petites caisses de fromage — toasted cheese served in little cases. Petits fleurs de fromage are cheese tartlets. Tartelettes, or Talmouses, a la Sefton are tartlets of a paste of grated Parmesan, flour, butter, etc., filled with a cheese custard. Pailles au Parmesan are cheese straws. a la Sefton are cheese straws of puff paste with grated Parmesan. Diablotins au Gruyere are little fried balls, the size of chocolate drops, of a light paste with grated cheese. Balkttes de fromage are small balls of cheese paste, breadcrumbed and fried. Cannelons de fromage are little rolled wafers of cheese pastry. They may be filled with whipped cream. Pyramides au Parmesan are made of whipped cream with grated cheese piled on little cheese biscuits. Covered with a savoury meringue they are called Meringues de fromage. 204 MENUS MADE EASY. Biscuits aufromage are cheese biscuits. a la Diable are biscuits spread with cheese, mustard, cayenne, etc., and grilled. a la Eitsse — biscuits spread with chopped parsley , hard-boiled egg and anchovies, and ornamented with the separate ingredients. Talmouses a la Saint-Denys are biscuits of flour,