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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.
a la Clarisse are spread with shreds of ham and anchovy, covered with little slices of bacon, and are dipped in batter and fried. a la Normande are spread with a shrimp paste. a la Yarmouth are spread with bloater paste. In addition to these, croutes may be served aux harengs, with fillets of herring ; de homard a la Tartare, with chopped lobster and Tartare sauce; a la moelle, with marrow; aux cham- pignons, or aux epinards, with a puree of mush- rooms or spinach ; and may be garnished with yolk and white of egg, chopped celery, beetroot, parsley, etc. Cheese biscuits are often used for croutes instead of fried bread. 210 II EN US MADE EASY. Canapes d'oeu/s are biscuits or tartlets of cheese or anchovy pastry spread -with buttered eggs. With curried eggs, they are a la Madras. a Madame — tartlets of anchovy pastry filled with chopped potato in Mayonnaise sauce, garnished with fillets of anchovies, and aspic. a la Prince de Galles — very small rolls filled with chopped ham, anchovies, gherkins and truffles, with oil, vinegar, etc. The tops covered with aspic or Mayonnaise sauce. Croustades a la Versailles are little souffles of anchovy on croustades of anchovy pastry. a la Mancelle — croustades of anchovy pastry filled with a savoury puree of chestnuts. Cremes aux fines herbes are little moulds of savoury custard with chopped herbs. de Galles is Welsh rare-bit. It is sometimes called Bonne-bouche a la Galloise. With the addition of chopped gherkin it is a I'Irlandaise. a I'Egyptienne — savoury creams of three different sorts and colours, served in small Neapolitan ice cases, imitating Neapolitan ices. a la Beatrice are little creams of cheese, bread- crumbed and fried. a la Bichelieu — little anchovy creams, bread- crumbed and fried; served with a cheese sauce. Tartines de caviar — Eussian caviar spread on small slices of buttered toast. SAVOURY ENTREMETS. 211 Tartines or Sandwiches a la Jardiniere— little sandwiches of bread and butter with small salad and Mayonnaise sauce. a. la Mancelle are made with a puree of chest- nuts. a VImperiale are made of brown bread and butter with a cream of bloater, and chopped celery and tarragon. ft la Greville are made with brown bread, and pounded meat with capers and anchovies, and each one is masked half with brown and half with white sauce. a la Pompadour are made of brown bread with potted game or chicken, and are masked with several different coloured sauces — white, brown, and coloured with tomato and spinach. ft la Princesse are made in the same way, but are masked with Mayonnaise sauce and decorated with macedoine vegetables. A variety of sandwiches may also be made with cheese, anchovy, shrimps, eggs, cucumber, etc. Macaroni an gratin — macaroni with grated cheese and white sauce, sprinkled with bread- crumbs, Parmesan and melted butter, and baked. a VltaUenne — macaroni with grated Parmesan, gravy and melted butter. « la Napolitaine, or ft la creme — with grated Parmesan, butter, cream, etc. « la Milanaise — with a puree of tomatoes and grated cheese ; garnished with croutons. 212 MENUS MADE EASY. Macaroni a la sauce tomatcs is dressed with cream, grated cheese, etc., and covered with tomato sauce. en timbale — a mould of macaroni dressed with butter and grated cheese. Timbale de macaroni a la Florentine is dressed with