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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.
575. Salade a la Beauvilliers. — 1 carrot, 1 turnip, 1^ cooked beetroot, 1 small cooked cauliflower, a handful of cooked peas, the same of French beans, f stick celery, 6 anchovies filleted, ^ lb. Lyons sausage cut in thin slices, 10 stoned olives, French capers, salt, pepper, cold Ravigote sauce. Peel and cleanse the raw vegetables, cut into half- inch cube shapes, and cook separately in salted water ; drain, cool, and put in a basin, add the cauliflower, divided into small sprigs, the peas, and the beans, cut into short lozenge shapes. Cut the anchovy fillets into small strips, about an inch long ; cut the white part of celery, the slices of Lyons sausage, and the beetroot into fine shreds. Mix gently, season with pepper, salt, and a little Ravigote sauce, and dress neatly in a salad bowl. Garnish with groups of capers, olives, and finely-chopped beetroot, and serve. Note. — The Ravigote sauce may be substituted by a vinaigrette or mayonnaise sauce. 576. Salade a la Villeroi. — Cut into coarse shreds or thin slices one small cucumber (pre^dously pickled), one small cooked beetroot, one lettuce, three cooked potatoes, and four fresh tomatoes ; set these on one side and prepare a dressing as follows : rub one hard- boiled yolk of egg through a sieve into a salad bowl, add three tablespoonfuls of Valentine sauce. No. 216, one small teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful tomato puree, a teaspoonful of prepared mustard, and a pinch of cayenne pepper ; mix well and work in gradually two tablespoonfuls of salad oil, one of French wine vinegar. DRESSED VEGETABLES AND SALADS, 597 and a dessert-spoonful of anchovy essence ; add the pre- pared vegetables, and mix carefully. Dish up in a clean salad bowl, in a pyramidal form ; place the heart of a nice French lettuce in the centre, ornament with chopped hard-boiled eggs, chopped chervil and parsley^ and a few French capers. 577. Salade de Tomates. — 6 firm, even-sized tomatoes^ 1 tablespoonful vinegar, 2 tablespoonfuls salad oil, 1 teaspoonful mixed mustard or " Mustardyne," 1 tea- spoonful chopped chives or parsley, pepper and salt. Wipe the tomatoes, scald them in boiling water for one minute, drain on a cloth, carefully remove the stems and skin, and let cool. Cut them into thin slices, and place in a salad bowl. Now prepare the dressing. Put one saltspoonful of salt in a basin,, together with a saltspoonful of pepper, the mixed mustard or *' Mustardyne," pour in the vinegar and oil, and mix thoroughly with a wooden salad- spoon ; just before serving the salad, add the chopped chives or parsley to the dressing, and pour it over the tomatoes. 578. Salade de Homard. — 1 large freshly-boiled lobster, 2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 firm tomatoes, 1 large lettuce, 2 or 3 stalks of white celery, | gill mayonnaise^ 1 dessert- spoonful tarragon vinegar, pepper, salt, 12. stoned olives, capers.