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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.
Bake for ten minutes, dish up, and serve. 650 RECHERCHE COOKERY. 700. Canapes de Sardines a la Soubise. — 10 sardines, ^ oz. of butter, 3 button onions, 1 dessert-spoonful of white wine, 1 gill of bechamel sauce, 1 oz. grated Parmesan, 1 oz. anchovy butter, four slices toasted bread, fresh breadcrumbs, seasoning. Scrape the sardines lightly ; trim off tails ; peel and chop the onions finely, i^ut them in a saucepan with sufficient water to cover ; boil up quickly ; strain off the water ; add the butter ; and cook for ten minutes. Add the sauce, wine, and grated cheese. Let it reduce a little. Cut the toast into shapes a little larger than the sardines ; spread over one side with the anchovy butter ; place a sardine on top of each ; spread thickly with the above preparation, which must be reduced to the desired consistency ; season with a little white pepper and a pinch of cayenne. Sprinkle over with a few freshly-made breadcrumbs ; set in a hot oven long enough to warm through ; dish up on a folded napkin, garnish with parsley, and serve. 701. Petites Gondoles a I'Anchois. — J lb. flour, 2 J oz. butter, 1 tablespoonful anchovy essence, 3 eggs, a few drops carmine, cayenne pepper, ^ oz. cornflour, J gill of cream, ^ gill of milk, 3 Gorgona ancho\ies filleted, breadcrumbs. Rub the flour and 1^ oz. of butter until quite fine ; add a dessert-spoonful of anchovy essence, a few drops of carmine or cochineal, a pinch of cayenne, and an egg well beaten, and work into a stift' paste ; a little water may be added if necessary. Roll out the paste very thinly, and line some buttered boat- shaped moulds with the paste ; trim the edges, prick with a fork, and fill three-parts full with a mixture prepared as follows : Put the cornflour in a stewpan, add the milk, and stir over the fire until it boils ; then add two yolks of eggs. Let it cool a little, whip one white of egg to a stiff froth, and whip the cream. Mix a teaspoonful of anchovy essence, a pinch of cayenne, and the anchovy fillets finely chopped with the cornflour, t'cc. ; stir in lightly the cream and white of egg, and fill the moulds as directed. Sprinkle SAVOURIES AND BREA.KFAST DISHES. 651 over with a few fresh breadcrumbs, and bake in a moderately heated oven for about fifteen minutes. Serve on a hot dish with a folded napkin or dish-paper. 702. Petits Pains de Crevettes. — h pint picked shrimps, 1 gill cream, 1 gill brown stock, 2 eggs, 1 dessert-spoonful chutney, 3 Spanish olives, 2 French gherkins, cayenne, and salt. Put shrimps, chutney, gherkins, and olives (stoned) in a mortar, and pound until very fine ; then add the stock. Beat up the cream until stift\ Rub shrimps, &c., through a fine sieve, mix with the cream, season with a pinch of cayenne and salt. Have ready 6 or 8 very small timbale or dariole-shaped moulds, butter these well, dust with breadcrumbs (panurette is best to use for this purpose), and fill with the puree. Put the moulds in a saute-pan three-parts filled with boiling water, cover with buttered paper, steam for about twenty minutes ; then turn out and serve with sauce Ruisseau, No. 206.