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Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
441. Cotelettes de Mouton a la Soubise. — Proceed to cook the cutlets in the same manner as in the fore- gomg recipe. Dish up in a circle on a very thin border ENTREES (hot), 529 of mashed potatoes. Sauce round with demi-glace or brown sauce well reduced. Put some onion puree or soubise sauce, No. 180, piled up in the centre, and serve. 442. Cotelettes de Mouton a la Provencale. — Prepare the cutlets as before, oil them slightly with salad oil (huile de Provence). Broil them on one side only, and put them on a dish to get cold. Season the cutlets with pepper and salt. Spread the cooked side thickly with Puree a la Proven9ale, No. 180, cover with a mixture of breadcrumbs and grated Parmesan cheese. Put 1 oz. butter in a saute-pan ; when hot, lay in the cutlets raw side downwards, baste the surface with oiled butter, and cook in a hot oven for ten minutes. Dish up in a circle, garnish the centre with small rounds of potatoes (pommes Parisienne), pour round some demi- glace, and serve. 443. Cotelettes de Mouton a la Princesse. — Trim ten to twelve small mutton cutlets in the usual way, parbroil them in butter, lay between two baking- sheets to press ; when cold, cover one side of them with a thin layer of chicken forcemeat, No. 231, mixed with finely- minced mushrooms and truffles; dip them in stiffly reduced Madere sauce ; set them on the ice to set the sauce quite firm on the cutlets ; dip them in egg and crumbs, fry in clarified butter, strain on a cloth. Dish up in circular form, fill the centre of the dish with cooked asparagus points (mixed with a few fresh peas if desired), sauce round with Perigord sauce, No. 192, and serve. 444. Cotelettes de Mouton a la Byron. — Cut, trim, and flatten six or more large mutton cutlets, insert in equal proportion with a larding needle, across the lean part, some strips of raw ham and larding bacon. Put the cutlets in a stewpan with the trimming (but no fat), a small sliced carrot, half an onion stuck with a clove, and a slice of parsley root or celery. Add a quart of mutton stock, season with pepper and salt, and allow to cook slowly for about an hour. When done drain 530 RECHERCHE COOKERY. the cutlets, press them between two boards and let them cool. Add a gill of Espagnole sauce, No. 184, to the fond, reduce well and strain. Add a dessert- spoonful of finely chopped parsley and three tarragon leaves to the sauce, immerse the cutlets in this and let cool again. Dip in beaten egg and milk, roll in breadcrumbs, and fry in hot fat or butter. Drain on a cloth, dish up in a circle. Have ready a ragout of sheeps' kidneys, fill the centre with same, put a few warm green peas on top, fasten paper frills on the bones, and serve. 445. Filets de Mouton a la Tyrolienne. — About 3 lbs. best end of a neck of mutton, 4 small even-sized tomatoes, 12 button onions, 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley, 1 gill of sweet oil, | gill Orleans vinegar, 1 minced shallot, 1 bay leaf, a clove of garlic, salt, 2 oz. ham, 1 gill demi-glace sauce. No. 164, 1 gill stock, 1 oz. butter, 1 egg, breadcrumbs, frying fat.