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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.
Betteraves a la Bordelaise. Thickly- sliced cooked beetroot broiled in sweet oil, flavoured with chopped onion, and finished in a red wine sauce. Aubergines. — Egg-plants. Aubergines a la Lyonnaise. Baked aubergines or egg-plants, with fried sliced onions. Aubergines farcies au gratin. Stuffed aubergines baked in the gratin style. Gardens. — Cardoons. Cardons, sauce d la creme. Stewed cardoons, with white cream sauce. Cardons a VEspagnole. Stewed cardoons, with brown sauce. Cardons en croiltons a la velotite. Stewed cardoons dressed on bread croutons and served with veloute sauce. 260 PRACTICAL GASTRONOMY Garottes. — Carrots. Garottes a la bechaineL Boiled carrots with white sauce. Carottes d la poidette. Boiled carrots with white sauce and chopped parsley. Carottes aux ijointes cVasi^erges et an saumon fume. Stewed young carrots with asparagus points and slices of smoked salmon. Carottes a VEspagnole. Parboiled new carrots (pared and split in two or four), finished in white broth, Espagnole sauce, flavoured with a Httle sugar, pepper, salt, nutmeg, and fresh butter. Carottes a la bourgeoise. Parboiled new carrots (pared), drained, seasoned and finished in stock with a little fresh butter, thickened with flour and butter. Carottes d la Lilloise. Pared new carrots cut into thick round shces, cooked in a little water with fresh butter and sugar to season, when done a haison of egg-yolks, butter, cream, bechamel sauce, and chopped parsley is added. Carottes d la maitre dliotel. Parboiled new carrots (pared and cut in quar- ters), drained, seasoned, cooked in white stock, thickened with veloute sauce, fresh butter, a little sugar and chopped parsley, served with fried bread croutons. LEGUMES— VEGETABLES 261 Celeri. — Celery. Celeri a Vltalienne. Parboiled celery heads, drained, seasoned, and stewed in broth, covered with a layer of thin slices of bacon, served with Italienne sauce. Celeri a lafermiere. Prepared celery heads parboiled and drained, seasoned, stewed in stock with a layer of lean pork, served with brown sauce, alternating each celery head with a slice of pork. Celeri au veloute. Stewed celery with veloute sauce, well worked with fresh butter. Celeri a la Genevoise. Prepared celery heads, parboiled, drained, seasoned with pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg, stewed in a sautoir pan, with layers of fat bacon and stock ; when done, drained, ranged in a baking dish, sauced over with veloute sauce, sprinkled with bread crumbs and parmesan cheese, and baked in the oven until brown. Celeri frit a la tomate. Boiled celery (cut in four-inch lengths), drained, seasoned, dipped in frying batter, fried in hot fat, and served with tomato sauce. Puree de celeri aux croiUons. Mashed celery, passed through a sieve, seasoned with salt, pepper, grated nutmeg and a little sugar, mixed with a liaison of well-reduced bechamel sauce and fresh butter, and served with triangular slices of fried bread croutons). 262 PRACTICAL GASTRONOMY Celeri d la imysanne. Boiled celery heads (cut in five-inch lengths), finshed in brown sauce, well buttered and seasoned. Celeri a la Villeroi. Boiled celery heads (cut in halves), drained, dipped in veloute sauce well reduced, set to cool, rolled in bread crumbs, egged, crumbed again, and fried in hot fat. Celeri au jus. Stewed celery with gravy sauce.