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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.
with bloater paste. Paupiettes a la Yarmouth are fillets of bloaters, stuffed, rolled, and served on toast. SAVOURY ENTREMETS. 207 Laitances a la Diable is devilled roe. It is served on toast. a la Madras — small pieces of roe, wrapped in little slices of bacon with capers and chutney, and served on toast. Chickens' livers are dressed in this way as Foies de volatile a la DiabU. Tomates en mascarade are little moulds of rice, the centres filled with a puree of tomatoes ; served with a cheese sauce. Pailles a I'Americaine are straws of pastry made with tomato sauce. Pompadours a la Portugaise are little rolls of cheese pastry filled with tomato cream. Marrons en mascarade are braised chestnuts, coated with a savoury forcemeat, and then half with grated ham and half with grated cheese; served in paper cases, a red and white one in each case. Croquettes a la Mancelte'&ie little croquettes made of chestnuts with white sauce, grated cheese, etc. Eoasted chestnuts may also be devilled and served in little cases as Marrons a la Diable. Wal- nuts, almonds or raisins may be served in this way. Pommes en kari are curried apples. Petits souffle's piquants are little savoury souffles with chopped herbs. Highly seasoned with cayenne pepper, etc., they are called Petits souffles a la Diable. a la Yarmouth are bloater souffles. Petites gele'es aux fines herbes are little moulds of aspic with chopped mushrooms and herbs. 208 MENUS MADE EASY. Petites caisses a VAlgerienne are French plums stuffed with foie gras, or other rich forcemeat, served in little cases. a la Tunis are dates dressed in the same way. a la Florence — little cases filled with a puree of dried haddock covered with a savoury meringue. a la Westphalie are filled with a puree of ham, and garnished with slices of red and white radishes, and chopped parsley. Croutes a la Campagne — croutes garnished with anchovy puree in a rose design, sprinkled with chopped parsley. a la Fran$aise are garnished with anchovy, cheese and parsley butter, with caviar in the centre. a la Russe are spread with a cream of horse- radish. a I'Indienne are spread with a highly seasoned mixture of buttered eggs with chopped capers, anchovy, etc. a Vltalienne have slices of beetroot on them and rings of white and yolk of hard-boiled egg, an olive in the centre with an anchovy curled round it. a VEcossaise — Scotch woodcock on toast. a la Jubile have a puree of dried haddock piled on them, with an oyster in the centre covered with the puree. a la Marjorie are spread with a puree of dried haddock and garnished with hard-boiled egg. SAVOURY ENTREMETS. 209 Croutes a V Albert are spread with a mixture of buttered eggs -with cheese, and sprinkled with chopped tongue. a la Rosamonde are rolled fillets of anchovies on slices of tomato, garnished with hard-boiled yolk of egg. a la Burlington are spread with minced chicken in Tartare sauce, covered with a slice of tomato, and garnished with cream of chicken and a stuffed olive in the centre. a la Berne are spread with chopped olives, shallots and parsley, covered with chopped tongue, and have a hard-boiled yolk of egg seasoned with oil and vinegar on each. They are served hot. a la Marie are spread with foie gras, garnished with dried cherries stuffed with foie gras, and decorated with whipped cream.